Sonographic determination of the position of the conus medullaris in premature and term infants

Neuroradiology

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Beek, F J A ^a,b   De Vries, L S ^a   Gerards, L J ^a   Mali, W P T M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Infants; Newborn; Sonography; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; VERTEBRA BODY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029950008     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002340050946     Document Type: Article

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