Lumbar disc herniation in young children

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-23

  Haidar, R ^a   Ghanem, I ^b   Saad, S ^a   Uthman, I ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Back pain; Children; Lumbar disc herniation; Review; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; BACKACHE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISKITIS; HERNIA; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SCHMORL NODE; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPONDYLITIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

BACK PAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 71949122846     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01460.x     Document Type: Review

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