Efficacy of magnetic resonance imaging in the evaluation of posterior cervical spine fractures

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 771-774

  Klein, Gregg R ^a   Vaccaro, Alexander R ^a,b   Albert, Todd J ^a   Schweitzer, Mark ^a   Deely, Diane ^a   Karasick, David ^a   Cotler, Jerome M ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Computed tomography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spine fractures

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE SCINTISCANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033560830     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199904150-00007     Document Type: Article

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