Radiographic assessment of the cervical spine in asymptomatic trauma patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2002, Pages

  Hadley, Mark N ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; CERVICAL SPINE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INJURY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE INJURY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036491206     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200203001-00008     Document Type: Review

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