Radiography
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 175-182 , May 2006

A practical guide to the application of AJNR guidelines for nomenclature and classification of lumbar disc pathology in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Received 2 March 2005 ,Accepted 15 May 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radi.2005.05.004

Radiography
Volume 12, Issue 2 , Pages 175-182 , May 2006

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