Degenerative diseases of the spine. Rare and often unrecognized causes of pain syndromes;Degenerative erkrankungen der wirbelsäule. Seltene und oft verkannte ursachen von schmerzsyndromen

Radiologe

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 454-467

  Baur Melnyk, A ^a   Triantafyllou, M ^a   Birkenmaier, C ^a   Reiser, M ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Imaging; MRI; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISKOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOCHONDRITIS; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RARE DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLITIS; STRESS FRACTURE; SYNOVIAL CYST;

BACK PAIN; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RARE DISEASES; SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33745251979     PISSN: 0033832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00117-006-1381-8     Document Type: Article

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