Magnetic resonance neurography for cervical radiculopathy: A preliminary report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 488-492

  Dailey, Andrew T ^a   Tsuruda, Jay S ^b   Goodkin, Robert ^a   Haynor, David R ^d   Filler, Aaron G ^c   Hayes, Cecil E ^d   Maravilla, Kenneth R ^d   Kliot, Michel ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical; Magnetic resonance imaging; Neurography; Radiculopathy; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS;

EID: 0030057471     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199603000-00013     Document Type: Article

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