Incidence of vertebral artery thrombosis in cervical spine trauma: Correlation with severity of spinal cord injury

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 2645-2651

  Torina, Philip J ^c   Flanders, Adam E ^a,d   Carrino, John A ^b   Burns, Anthony S ^a   Friedman, David P ^a   Harrop, James S ^a   Vacarro, Alexander R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD INJURY; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RATING SCALE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTERY DISSECTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE INJURY; THROMBOSIS; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL INJURIES; THROMBOSIS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 33644836864     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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