Lumbar nerve root occupancy in the foramen in achondroplasia: A morphometric analysis

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 466, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 907-913

  Modi, Hitesh N ^a   Suh, Seung Woo ^a   Song, Hae Ryong ^a   Yang, Jae Hyuk ^a  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

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Indexed keywords

ACHONDROPLASIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FEMALE; FORAMEN MAGNUM; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ROOT; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; FOLLOW UP; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONDYLOSIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ACHONDROPLASIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 43349095966     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-008-0142-6     Document Type: Article

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