MRI in the diagnosis and treatment of suspected malignant spinal cord compression

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 74, Issue 877, 2001, Pages 15-23

  Husband, D J ^a   Grant, K A ^a   Romaniuk, C S ^a  

^a CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE INJURY; SPINE METASTASIS; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION;

EID: 0035131917     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.74.877.740015     Document Type: Article

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