Upper thoracic-spine disc degeneration in patients with cervical pain

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-33

  Arana, Estanislao ^a   Martí Bonmatí, Luis ^a   Mollá, Enrique ^b   Costa, Salvador ^a  

^a HOSPITAL QUIRÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Cervicothoracic junction; Degenerative disc disease; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THORACIC SPINE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 1642433270     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-003-0699-9     Document Type: Article

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