Dermatome variations in patients with transitional vertebrae
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Dermatome variations in patients with transitional vertebrae.
OBJECTIVES To test whether the position of lumbosacral dermatomes varies in the presence of transitional vertebrae. MATERIAL AND METHODS Fifty consecutive male patients were tested for thoracolumbar and lumbosacral transitional vertebrae by radiography and for the position of the dermatome gap between the lumbar dermatomes L1, L2, L3, and the sacral dermatomes S2 and S3. The dermatome gap was...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.63.6.801