Occult lumbosacral dysraphism in children and young adults: Diagnostic performance of fast screening and conventional MR imaging

Radiology

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 767-771

  Medina, L Santiago ^a   Al Orfali, May ^b   Zurakowski, David ^b   Poussaint, Tina Young ^b   DiCanzio, James ^b   Barnes, Patrick D ^b  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance (MR), in infants and children; Spinal cord, developmental defect; Spinal cord, MR; Spinal cord, neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSRAPHISM; FEMALE; HORSESHOE KIDNEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSPLASIA; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 0033045766     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.211.3.r99jn09767     Document Type: Article

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