SCIWORA (spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality) in infants and children

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 119-124

  Kriss, Vesna Martich ^a   Kriss, Timothy C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0030012166     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992289603500302     Document Type: Article

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