Clearance of the cervical spine in multitrauma patients: The role of advanced imaging

Seminars in Ultrasound CT and MRI

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 283-305

  Crim, Julia R ^a   Moore, Kevin ^a   Brodke, Darrel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT STABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0034892354     PISSN: 08872171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-2171(01)90023-X     Document Type: Review

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