T2 relaxation times correlated with stage of lumbar intervertebral disk degeneration and patient age

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1278-1282

  Marinelli, N L ^a   Haughton, Victor M ^a   Anderson, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADICULOPATHY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955595592     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: 1936959X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A2080     Document Type: Article

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