• 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.
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Pulickal, T., Boos, J., Konieczny, M., Sawicki, L. M., Müller-Lutz, A., Bittersohl, B., … Schleich, C. (2019, December 1). MRI identifies biochemical alterations of intervertebral discs in patients with low back pain and radiculopathy. European Radiology. Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-019-06305-6
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