Hypoplasia of L5 and wedging and pseudospondylolisthesis in patients with spondylolysis: Study with MR imaging

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 674-680

  Wilms, G ^a   Maldague, B ^b   Parizel, P ^c   Meylaerts, L ^a   Vanneste, D ^a   Peluso, J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UCL St Luc   (Belgium)

^c ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^d Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSEUDOSPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64649094712     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1450     Document Type: Article

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