Evaluation of three different measurement methods for dural ectasia in Marfan syndrome {star, open}

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 971-978

  Weigang, E ^a   Ghanem, N ^b   Chang, X C ^a   Richter, H ^a   Frydrychowicz, A ^b   Szabo G ^c   Dudeck, O ^d   Knirsch, W ^e   von Samson, P ^a   Langer, M ^b   Beyersdorf, F ^a  

^a Departments of Cardiovascular Surgery   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DURAL ECTASIA; HUMAN; MARFAN SYNDROME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; STANDARDIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DURA MATER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MARFAN SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33749061478     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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