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The use of CT scanning for the study of posterior lumbar intervertebral articulations

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The spine is composed of three articular axes: one discal, two facetal. The slightest alteration in one of these axes affects the others. CT is particularly effective in demonstrating biochemical alternations due to architectural pathologies of the column. A judicious therapeutic approach is suggested.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Brugmann University Hospital, Bruxelles, Belgium

    N. Hermanus

  2. Department of Radiology, Bordet Institute, Bruxelles, Belgium

    D. de Becker & D. Baleriaux

  3. Department of Rheumatology, Brugmann University Hospital, Bruxelles, Belgium

    J. P. Hauzeur

  4. Service de Radiologie, Hôpital Universitaire Brugmann, 4, place A. van Gehuchten, B-1020, Bruxelles, Belgium

    N. Hermanus

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Hermanus, N., de Becker, D., Baleriaux, D. et al. The use of CT scanning for the study of posterior lumbar intervertebral articulations. Neuroradiology 24, 159–161 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00347834

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