Spinal sonography and magnetic resonance imaging in patients with repaired myelomeningocele: Comparison of modalities

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 655-664

  Gerscovich, Eugenio O ^a,d   Maslen, Lorelei ^a   Cronan, Michael S ^a   Poirier, Virginia ^b   Anderson, Mark W ^c   McDonald, Craig ^a   Boggan, James E ^a   Ivanovic, Marija ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Regional Diagnostics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Myelomeningocele; Spina bifida; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR REHABILITATION; NEUROSURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING;

DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; MYELOMENINGOCELE; NEURAL TUBE; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD; SPINE;

ULTRASONIC IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDROMYELIA; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME;

EID: 0032824455     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.1999.18.9.655     Document Type: Article

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