Degenerative disc disease as a cause of back pain in the thalassaemic population: A case-control study using MRI and plain radiographs

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-102

  Desigan, S ^a   Hall Craggs, M A ^a   Ho, C P ^a   Eliahoo, J ^a   Porter, J B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Back pain; Diagnostic X ray; Intervertebral disc; Magnetic resonance imaging; Thalassemia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY SEVERITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THALASSEMIA; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

BACK PAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; THALASSEMIA;

EID: 31144448736     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-005-0020-1     Document Type: Article

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