Limitations of cervical radiography in the evaluation of acute cervical trauma

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 32-39

  Woodring, John H ^a   Lee, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISLOCATIONS; HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0027414699     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-199301000-00006     Document Type: Article

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