Diurnal T2 value changes in the lumbar intervertebral discs

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 389-392

  Karakida, Osamu ^a   Ueda, H ^a   Ueda, M ^a   Miyasaka, T ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Aging; Intervertebral disc; MR; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; VOLUNTEER; WORK;

EID: 0038744280     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(02)00583-4     Document Type: Article

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