Cervical spinal cord - Smaller than considered?

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 1513-1516

  Fountas, Kostas N ^a,b   Kapsalaki, Eftychia Z ^c   Jackson, Joseph ^c   Vogel, Robert L ^c   Robinson Jr , Joe Sam ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL GEORGIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anterior median fissure; Cervical spinal cord; Computed tomography; Dimensions; Myelogram

Indexed keywords

IOHEXOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MYELOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELOGRAPHY; NECK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032527417     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199807150-00001     Document Type: Article

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