SPECT and lumbar MRI in back pain with emphasis on changes in end plates in association with disc degeneration

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 78-82

  Lusins, John O ^a,d   Cicoria, Anthony D ^b   Goldsmith, Stanley J ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Catskill Neurosci/Radiol Assoc   (United States)

Author keywords

Back pain; Disc degeneration; MRI; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOSIS; VASCULARIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; IMAGE DISPLAY; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROIMAGING; RADICULOGRAPHY;

EID: 7144261699     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jon19988278     Document Type: Article

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