Correlation between MR imaging and discography with provocative concordant pain in patients with low back pain

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-130

  Chen, Jian Yu ^a   Ding, Yue ^a   Lv, Rui Yan ^a   Liu, Qing Yu ^a   Huang, Jian Bin ^a   Yang, Ze Hong ^a   Liu, Shang Li ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

concordant pain; discography; magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79551548416     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181fb2203     Document Type: Article

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