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01-12-2008 | Letter to the Editor

Modic changes: “Age, si quid agis”

Author: João Luiz Pinheiro Franco

Published in: European Spine Journal | Issue 12/2008

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I read with interest the article “Modic changes and their associations with clinical findings” from Kjaer et al. [3]. The authors stated that that the aim of their study was not to specifically identify the clinical profile of people with Modic changes (MCs), but mainly to investigate if MC is a separate entity, one that would deserve to be treated as a potential diagnostic subgroup with specific clinical consequences. …

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Kjaer P, Leboeuf-Yde C, Korsholm L, Sorensen JS, Bendix T (2005) Magnetic resonance imaging and low back pain in adults: A diagnostic imaging study of 40-year-old men and women. Spine 30:1173–1180. doi:10.1097/01.brs.0000162396.97739.76 PubMedCrossRef

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Title: Modic changes: “Age, si quid agis”
Author: João Luiz Pinheiro Franco
Publication date: 01-12-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Spine Journal / Issue 12/2008
Print ISSN: 0940-6719
Electronic ISSN: 1432-0932
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00586-008-0804-9

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