Are T1 weighted images helpful in MRI of cervical radiculopathy?

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 77, Issue 915, 2004, Pages 189-196

  Ryan, A G ^a   Morrissey, B M ^a   Newcombe, R G ^a   Halpin, S F S ^a   Hourihan, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INFORMATION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADICULOPATHY; RADIOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY;

EID: 1642482828     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/97837637     Document Type: Article

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