Imaging of lumbosacral transitional vertebrae

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 984-991

  Hughes, R J ^a   Saifuddin, A ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Magnetic resonance (MR); Radiography; Spine

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDARTHROSIS; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SACRUM;

EID: 5544255425     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2004.02.019     Document Type: Review

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