Spondylolysis and isthmic spondylolisthesis: Impact of vertebral hypoplasia on the use of the Meyerding classification

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1012, 2012, Pages 358-362

  Niggemann, Pascal ^a   Kuchta, J ^b   Grosskurth, D ^a   Beyer, H K ^a   Hoeffer, J ^a   Delank, K S ^c  

^a Privatpraxis für Upright MRT Köln Rodenkirchen ^*  (Germany)

^b Mediapark Klinik   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEYERDING CLASSIFICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA HYPOPLASIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPINE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

EID: 84859133027     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/60355971     Document Type: Article

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