Thoracic spine disc-related abnormalities: Longitudinal MR imaging assessment

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 216-222

  Girard, Charles J ^a   Schweitzer, Mark E ^a   Morrison, William B ^a   Parellada, Joan A ^a   Carrino, J A ^b  

^a TJUH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Degenerative disc disease; Disc herniation; Disc related disorders; MR imaging; Schmorl nodes; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC SPINE;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1842691023     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-003-0736-8     Document Type: Article

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