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A Morphometric and Cellular Analysis Method for the Murine Mandibular Condyle
Published on: January 11, 2018
Modic changes: anatomy, pathophysiology and clinical correlation
C C Quattrocchi1, A M Alexandre, G M Della Pepa
1Department of Radiology, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy. c.quattrocchi@unicampus.it
Abstract:
Studying discovertebral complex anatomy is extremely important for the understanding of the pathophysiology of disc degeneration which leads to vertebral endplates signal changes, also known as Modic changes.The sequelae of disc degeneration are among the leading causes of functional incapacity in both sexes and are one of the most common sources of chronic disability in the working years. Even if the presence of degenerative changes in MRI of the spine is by no means an indicator of symptoms, we are concordant in a positive association between Modic changes and low back pain, above all as a relatively specific but insensitive sign of discogenic low back pain.
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