Diagnosis of low back pain: Role of imaging studies

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-96

  Russo, Randy ^a   Cook, Paul ^b  

^a Pediatric Surgeons of West Michigan   (United States)

^b KESSLER INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYELOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748959065     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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