Correlation between curve severity, somatosensory evoked potentials, and magnetic resonance imaging in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

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Volumn 24, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 1679-1684

  Cheng, Jack C Y ^a,b   Guo, Xia ^a   Sher, Andy H L ^a   Chan, Yu Leung ^a   Metreweli, Con ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescent idiopathic scoliosis; Chiari I malformation; Magnetic resonance imaging; Somatosensory evoked potentials; Syringomyelia; Tonsillar ectopia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; EVOKED SPINAL CORD RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SCHOOL CHILD; SYRINGOMYELIA; TIBIAL NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHORISTOMA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINE; SYRINGOMYELIA; TIBIAL NERVE;

EID: 0032800415     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199908150-00009     Document Type: Article

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