The clinical significance of lumbosacral transitional anomalies

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 687-695

  Bron, Johannes L ^a   Van Royen, Barend J ^a   Wuisman, Paul I J M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lumbosacral spine; Transitional anomalies

Indexed keywords

CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SACRUM;

HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULOPATHY; SACRUM;

EID: 37549020685     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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