Longitudinal study of high intensity zones on MR of lumbar intervertebral discs

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1002-1008

  Mitra, Dipayan ^a   Cassar Pullicino, V N ^b   McCall, I W ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Radiology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Interverterbral disc; Lumbar spine; Magnetic resonance (MR)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 5544242433     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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