The intervertebral disc during growth: Signal intensity changes on magnetic resonance imaging and their relevance to low back pain

• Teija Lund ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Teija Lund, Dietrich Schlenzka, Martina Lohman, Leena Ristolainen, Hannu Kautiainen

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: lundteija@gmail.com

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work. TL and DS are joint senior authors.

  Affiliation Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9519-9355

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• Dietrich Schlenzka ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Teija Lund, Dietrich Schlenzka, Martina Lohman, Leena Ristolainen, Hannu Kautiainen

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work. TL and DS are joint senior authors.

  Affiliation Research Institute Orton, Helsinki, Finland

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• Martina Lohman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Teija Lund, Dietrich Schlenzka, Martina Lohman, Leena Ristolainen, Hannu Kautiainen

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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• Leena Ristolainen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Teija Lund, Dietrich Schlenzka, Martina Lohman, Leena Ristolainen, Hannu Kautiainen

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Institute Orton, Helsinki, Finland

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• Hannu Kautiainen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Teija Lund, Dietrich Schlenzka, Martina Lohman, Leena Ristolainen, Hannu Kautiainen

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Medcare Oy, Espoo, Finland

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• Erkko Klemetti ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work. TL and DS are joint senior authors.

  Affiliation Research Institute Orton, Helsinki, Finland

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• Kalevi Österman

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work. TL and DS are joint senior authors.

  Affiliation Research Institute Orton, Helsinki, Finland

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