The prevalence of transitional vertebrae in the lumbar spine

Spine Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 858-862

  Apazidis, Alexios ^a,b   Ricart, Pedro A ^a   Diefenbach, Christopher M ^a   Spivak, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b Long Island Orthopaedic and Spine Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

Castellvi classification; Lumbar spine; Transitional vertebrae; Transverse process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL TRANSITIONAL VERTEBRAE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RIB; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

EID: 80053334873     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2011.08.005     Document Type: Article

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