Influence of Age and Sex on the Position of the Conus Medullaris and Tuffier's Line in Adults

Anesthesiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1359-1363

  Kim, Jin Tae ^a   Bahk, Jae Hyon ^a,b   Sung, Joohon ^c  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLARY CONE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; SPINAL CORD; TUFFIER LINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0344851857     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200312000-00018     Document Type: Article

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