End plate marrow changes in the asymptomatic lumbosacral spine: Frequency, distribution and correlation with age and degenerative changes

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 399-404

  Chung, Christine B ^a   Vande Berg, Bruno C ^b   Tavernier, Thierry ^c   Cotten, Anne ^d   Laredo, Jean Denis ^e   Vallee, Christian ^f   Malghem, Jacques ^b  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^c Clinique de la Sauvegarde   (France)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^f RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RADIOLOGIST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPINE DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRA;

EID: 3543013736     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-004-0780-z     Document Type: Article

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