The role for radicular veins in nerve root pain is underestimated: Limitations of imaging studies

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-117

  Berthelot, Jean Marie ^a   Le Goff, Benoît ^a   Maugars, Yves ^a  

^a HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Arachnoid villi; Dorsal root ganglia; Epidural injection; Epidural vein; Mast cell; Radicular vein; Sciatica

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; NERVE EXCITABILITY; RADICULAR PAIN; RADICULAR VEIN; SPINAL GANGLION; VEIN; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

GANGLIA, SPINAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRESSURE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TOOTH ROOT; VEINS;

EID: 79952246738     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2010.10.010     Document Type: Editorial

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