The natural history of cervical disc calcification in children

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1467-1472

  Dai, Li Yang ^a   Ye, Hua ^b   Qian, Qi Rong ^c  

^a XINHUA HOSPITAL AFFILIATED TO SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK CALCIFICATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; MALE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 3042739826     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200407000-00015     Document Type: Review

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