Association between annular tears and disk degeneration: A longitudinal study

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 500-506

  Sharma, A ^a,b,c   Pilgram, T ^a   Wippold II, F J ^a,b,c,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DETERIORATION; DISCOGENIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64649094785     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A1411     Document Type: Article

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