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The Modic Vertebral Endplate and Marrow Changes: Pathologic Significance and Relation to Low Back Pain and Segmental Instability of the Lumbar Spine

R. Rahme and R. Moussa
American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2008, 29 (5) 838-842; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A0925
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