Normal values of the sagittal diameter of the lumbar spine (vertebral body and dural sac) in children measured by MRI

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 419-424

  Knirsch, Walter ^a,b   Kurtz, Claudia ^a   Häffner, Nicole ^a   Langer, Mathias ^a   Kececioglu, Deniz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Children; Dural ectasia; Marfan's syndrome; MRI; Normal; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACRUM; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CANAL;

EID: 17044372401     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-004-1382-6     Document Type: Article

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