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September 5, 2019SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaOpen Access

Correlation between multifidus fatty atrophy and lumbar disc degeneration in low back pain

Cosmin Ioan Faur Jenel Marian Pătraşcu Horia Haraguș Bogdan Anglitoiu

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Abstract

The percentage of LMM atrophy is higher in the lower levels (L5/S1) and shows a low correlation with the grade of disc degeneration.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7c45733ca018b39ae2b20 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12891-019-2786-7

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