THE VALUE OF MODIC-1 TYPE CHANGES IN THE PRACTICE OF AN OUTPATIENT NEUROLOGIST

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Issue: 
11
Year: 
2016

A. Epifanov «Samarsky» Medical Center, Samara

The vertebral endplate and its adjacent vertebral body changes described by M. Modic have been found to distinctly correlate with the severity of pain syndrome in the lumbar spine.

Keywords: 
neurology
vertebral endplate changes (Modic changes)
magnetic resonance imaging



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