Incidence of numerical variants and transitional lumbosacral vertebrae on whole-spine MRI
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Incidence of numerical variants and transitional lumbosacral vertebrae on whole-spine MRI
OBJECTIVES This study sets out to prospectively investigate the incidence of transitional vertebrae and numerical variants of the spine. MATERIALS AND METHODS Over a period of 28 months, MRIs of the whole spine were prospectively evaluated for the presence of transitional lumbosacral vertebrae and numerical variants of the spine. RESULTS MRI of the whole spine was evaluated in 420 patients,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Insights into Imaging
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1869-4101
DOI: 10.1007/s13244-016-0468-7