Intervertebral disk hydatid cysts: MR imaging findings

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1739-1740

  Karantanas, Apostolos H ^a   Paterakis, Kostas ^b   Karavelis, Antonios ^b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; HYDATID CYST; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION;

EID: 0037497972     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.180.6.1801739     Document Type: Article

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