Pediatric spinal trauma: Injuries in very young children

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 432, Issue , 2005, Pages 34-40

  D'Amato, Charles ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CLEARANCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRUNK;

EID: 14644386828     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000156006.20089.85     Document Type: Conference Paper

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