CT versus radiography for initial evaluation of cervical spine trauma: What is the standard of care?

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 911-915

  Berlin, Leonard ^a,b  

^a RUSH NORTH SHORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MALPRACTICE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0037377767     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.4.1800911     Document Type: Article

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