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Eur Radiol
; 29(12): 6443-6446, 2019 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-31278582
ABSTRACT
KEY POINTS: ⢠Molecular intervertebral disc damage was associated with LBP and radiculopathy.⢠Patients with radiculopathy and LBP demonstrated a depletion of gagCEST values compared with healthy controls.⢠GagCEST imaging may be a non-invasive tool for investigation of degeneration processes of lumbar intervertebral discs (IVDs). GagCEST imaging may be an imaging biomarker for biochemical IVD alterations.