Intervertebral disc degeneration associated with lumbosacral transitional vertebrae. A clinical and anatomical study

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 687-691

  Aihara, T ^a,c   Takahashi, K ^b   Ogasawara, A ^a   Itadera, E ^a   Ono, Y ^a   Moriya, H ^b  

^a Chousei Hospital   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Funabashi Orthopaedic Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE; BACK; ILIAC BONE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SACRUM; SPINE DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIUM; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT INSTABILITY; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SACRUM; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 18944407560     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.87B5.15727     Document Type: Article

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