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The Use of Lumbar Spine Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Eastern China: Appropriateness and Related Factors

Back pain is common and costly. While a general scene of back pain related practice in China remains unknown, there are signs of excessive use of lumbar spine magnetic resonance (MR). We retrospectively studied 3107 lumbar spine MRIs in Eastern China to investigate the appropriateness of lumbar spin...

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Autores principales: Yu, Liedao, Wang, Xuanwei, Lin, Xiangjin, Wang, Yue
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4701169/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26731106
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0146369