Use of the prone position in the mri evaluation of spinal cord retethering?

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 286-294

  Vemet, Olivier ^a   O’gorman, Augustin M ^a   Farmer, Jean Pierre ^a   Mc Phillips, Maeve ^a   Montes, Jose L ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Prone position; Spina bifida; Tethered cord

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030407666     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: 14230305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000121142     Document Type: Article

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