Imaging of adults with low back pain in the primary care setting

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 293-305

  Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 0038052881     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1052-5149(03)00022-4     Document Type: Review

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