Comparison of disc and body volumes in degenerated and nondegenerated lumbar discs: A stereological study

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 237-242

  Kaner, Tuncay ^a   Songur, Ahmet ^b   Toktaş, Muhsin ^b   Alkoç, Ozan Alper ^a   Eser, Olcay ^b   Efendioǧlu, Mustafa ^a  

^a ISTANBUL MEDENIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b AFYON KOCATEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Degenerated intervertebral disc; Lumbar vertebra; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stereology; Volume

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD ATROPHY; STEREOMETRY; VERTEBRA BODY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84892390250     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/sag-1208-45     Document Type: Article

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