Magnetic resonance image-based morphological predictors of single photon emission computed tomography-positive facet arthropathy in patients with axial back pain

Neurosurgery

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 147-155

  Kim, Keun Young Anthony ^a   Wang, Michael Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Arthropathy; Facet; Low back pain; Magnetic resonance imaging; Single photon emission computed tomography; Spine

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SYNOVIAL FLUID; SYNOVIUM; X RAY FILM;

HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL DISEASES; SYNOVIAL FLUID; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 33745796572     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000219956.58725.6F     Document Type: Article

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