Conjoined lumbosacral nerve roots: Current aspects of diagnosis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-151

  Bottcher J ^a   Petrovitch, A ^a   Soros P ^b   Malich, A ^a   Hussein, S ^c   Kaiser, W A ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conjoined nerve roots; Lumbosacral spine anomaly; MRI; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJOINED LUMBOSACRAL NERVE ROOT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; MYELOGRAPHY; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; SCIATICA; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 1842636350     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-003-0634-8     Document Type: Article

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