MR imaging of epidural hematoma in the lumbar spine

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 677-685

  Dorsay, Theodore A ^a   Helms, Clyde A ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidural hematoma; Lumbar spine; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BRAIN REGION; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY; RELIABILITY; SNEEZING; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0036953680     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-002-0584-y     Document Type: Article

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