Magnetic resonance imaging in follow-up assessment of sciatica

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 999-1007

  El Barzouhi, Abdelilah ^a   Vleggeert Lankamp, Carmen L A M ^a   Lycklama À Nijeholt, Geert J ^b   Van Der Kallen, Bas F ^b   Van Den Hout, Wilbert B ^a   Jacobs, Wilco C H ^a   Koes, Bart W ^c   Peul, Wilco C ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; ISCHIALGIA; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 84874977784     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1209250     Document Type: Article

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