Lumbar Discography

Radiologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 421-433

  Saboeiro, Gregory R ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Discography; Lumbar; Myelography; Pain; Radiculopathy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISKOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW;

HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MYELOGRAPHY; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 63849291151     PISSN: 00338389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rcl.2009.02.002     Document Type: Review

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