Vertebral body shape variation in the thoracic and lumbar spine: Characterization of its asymmetry and wedging

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 46-54

  Masharawi, Youssef ^a   Salame, Khalil ^b   Mirovsky, Yigal ^c   Peleg, Smadar ^a   Dar, Gali ^a,d   Steinberg, Nili ^a,e   Hershkovitz, Israel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^e WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Vertebral body; Vertebral shape; Vertebral wedging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOLIOSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 38149018631     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20532     Document Type: Article

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