Juvenile degenerative disc disease: a report of 76 cases identified by magnetic resonance imaging

Spine Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 332-337

  Dimar II, John R ^a   Glassman, Steven D ^a   Carreon, Leah Y ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent low back pain; Congenital spinal stenosis; Degenerative disc disease; Juvenile degenerative disc disease; MRI findings in spinal stenosis; Spinal claudication

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; CLAUDICATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 34247592954     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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