Spinal disorders in the elderly

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 425, Issue , 2004, Pages 110-125

  Jeong, Gerard K ^a   Bendo, John A ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; CENTRAL CORD SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GERIATRICS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OSTEOPOROSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE INJURY; SPINE TUMOR; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 4043130363     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000131640.89143.1d     Document Type: Conference Paper

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