Evidence for juvenile disc herniation in a homo erectus boy skeleton

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Haeusler, Martin ^a,b   Schiess, Regula ^a,b   Boeni, Thomas ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b BALGRIST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

evolutionary medicine; human evolution; low back pain; lumbar disc herniation; paleopathology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVOLUTION; GROWTH PLATE; HOMINID; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JOINT DISLOCATION; JUVENILE; KENYA; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; SOFT TISSUE; SUBLUXATION;

ANIMALS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOSSILS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; KENYA; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE;

EID: 84873406614     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31827cd245     Document Type: Article

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