Plain radiography of the lumbosacral spine in Marfan syndrome

Spine Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 327-333

  Nallamshetty, Leelakrishna ^a   Ahn, Nicholas U ^b   Ahn, Uri M ^c   Buchowski, Jacob M ^a   An, Howard S ^b   Rose, Peter S ^d   Garrett, Elizabeth S ^a   Erkula, Gurkan ^a   Kebaish, Khalid M ^a   Sponseller, Paul D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c New Hampshire Neuro Spine Institute   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Interpedicular distance; Marfan criteria; Marfan syndrome; Radiography; Scalloping

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MEASUREMENT; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; ROC CURVE; SACRUM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE; SACRUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 6444244393     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(02)00401-1     Document Type: Article

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