Abnormal findings on magnetic resonance images of the cervical spines in 1211 asymptomatic subjects

Spine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 392-398

  Nakashima, Hiroaki ^a   Yukawa, Yasutsugu ^b   Suda, Kota ^c   Yamagata, Masatsune ^d   Ueta, Takayoshi ^e   Kato, Fumihiko ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHUBU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Japan Labor Health and Welfare Organization   (Japan)

^d CHIBA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e SPINAL INJURIES CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

abnormal findings; aging; asymptomatic; cervical; cervical myelopathy; cross sectional study; disc bulging; disc degeneration; increased signal intensity; magnetic resonance image (MRI); spinal cord compression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CERVICAL CORD; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84941888903     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000775     Document Type: Article

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