The cervical spine: Radiologist's perspective

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 493-548

  Mink, Jerrold H ^a   Gordon, Rachael E ^a   Deutsch, Andrew L ^a  

^a Tower Imaging Medical Group Inc ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CURRICULUM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISKOGRAPHY; EPIDURAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFLAMMATION; MYELOGRAPHY; NECK INJURY; NECK TUMOR; NERVE ROOT INJURY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0042230972     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-9651(03)00035-4     Document Type: Review

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