Lumbosacral transitional vertebrae: Association with low back pain

Radiology

Volumn 265, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 497-503

  Nardo, Lorenzo ^a   Alizai, Hamza ^a,c   Virayavanich, Warapat ^a,d   Liu, Felix ^a   Hernandez, Alexandra ^a   Lynch, John A ^a   Nevitt, Michael C ^a   McCulloch, Charles E ^a   Lane, Nancy E ^b   Link, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BUTTOCK PAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPLASTIC ENLARGED TRANSVERSE PROCESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LUMBOSACRAL TRANSITIONAL VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84867919289     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: 15271315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiol.12112747     Document Type: Article

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