Occult spinal dysraphism in neonates: Assessment of high-risk cutaneous stigmata on sonography

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 171, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1687-1692

  Kriss, Vesna Martich ^a   Desai, Nirmala S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; HEMANGIOMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031740853     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.171.6.9843314     Document Type: Article

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