Post-mortem MRI of the foetal spine and spinal cord

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 679-685

  Widjaja, E ^a   Whitby, E H ^a   Cohen, M ^b   Paley, M N J ^a   Griffiths, P D ^a  

^a Academic Section of Radiology   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BUDD CHIARI SYNDROME; CADAVER; CAUDAL REGRESSION SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIASTEMATOMYELIA; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE DISEASE;

AUTOPSY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD; SPINE;

EID: 33745862359     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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