Making sense of MRI of the lumbar spine

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 887-890

  Yong, Xian Zhang Eric ^a   Sutherland, Tom ^a  

^a Saint Vincent Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervertebral disc; Lumbar vertebrae; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NOMENCLATURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SPINE DISEASE;

GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL DISEASES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84871154023     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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