Controversies in imaging acute cervical spine trauma

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1866-1868

  Quencer, Robert M ^a,b   Nunez, Diego ^a   Green, Barth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Special reports; Spine, injuries

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031546056     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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