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Disk degenerative disease in childhood: Scheuermann's disease, Schmorl's nodes, and the limbus vertebra: MRI findings in 12 patients

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Twelve pediatric patients were studied with MRI. All had various disk problems including Scheuermann's disease, Schmorl's nodes and limbus vertebrae. All patients shared loss of disk height, altered disk hydration and variable herniation of nuclear material.

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  1. Departments of Radiology and Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, School of Medicine, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555-0709, USA, , , , , , US

    L. E. Swischuk

  2. Children's Hospital, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA, , , , , , US

    Susan D. John & Sandra Allbery

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Received: 29 August 1997 Accepted: 19 December 1997

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Swischuk, L., John, S. & Allbery, S. Disk degenerative disease in childhood: Scheuermann's disease, Schmorl's nodes, and the limbus vertebra: MRI findings in 12 patients. Pediatric Radiology 28, 334–338 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002470050368

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