Association between Annular Tears and Disk Degeneration: A Longitudinal Study

A. Sharma; T. Pilgram; F.J. Wippold

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Association between Annular Tears and Disk Degeneration: A Longitudinal Study

A. Sharma, T. Pilgram and F.J. Wippold

American Journal of Neuroradiology March 2009, 30 (3) 500-506; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1411

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vol. 30 no. 3 500-506

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Received August 5, 2008
Accepted after revision October 20, 2008
Published online March 11, 2009.

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A. Sharmaa,b,c,
T. Pilgrama and
F.J. Wippold IIa,b,c,d

^aMallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Mo
^bDepartment of Radiology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital South, St Louis, Mo
^cDepartment of Radiology, St Louis Children's Hospital, St Louis, Mo
^dDepartment of Radiology/Nuclear Medicine, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md

Please address correspondence to Aseem Sharma, MD, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, Campus Box 8131, 510 S Kingshighway Blvd, St Louis, MO 63110; e-mail: sharmaa{at}mir.wustl.edu

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