MRI in the acute phase of spinal cord traumatic lesions: Relationship between MRI findings and neurological outcome;La RM in fase acuta nelle lesioni traumatiche del midollo spinale: Relazione tra quadri RM e recupero neurologico nel follow up

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 110, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 636-645

  Andreoli, Chiara ^a,b   Colaiacomo, Maria Chiara ^a   Rojas Beccaglia, Mario ^a   Di Biasi, Claudio ^a   Casciani, Emanuele ^a   Gualdi, Gianfranco ^a  

^a POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Spinal cord lesions, prognosis; Spinal cord, MRI; Spinal cord, trauma

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINAL HEMATOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EDEMA; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 33644909893     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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