Types and prevalence of coexisting spine lesions on whole spine sagittal MR images in surgical degenerative spinal diseases

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 414-420

  Han, In Ho ^a   Suh, Sang Hyun ^b   Kuh, Sung Uk ^c   Chin, Dong Kyu ^c   Kim, Keun Su ^c  

^a Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Spine; Whole body imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LIGAMENT CALCINOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENESCENCE; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINE DISEASE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL STENOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954248622     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2010.51.3.414     Document Type: Article

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