The relation between organ anatomy and pre-existent vertebral rotation in the normal spine: Magnetic resonance imaging study in humans with situs inversus totalis

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1123-1128

  Kouwenhoven, Jan Willem M ^a   Bartels, Lambertus W ^b   Vincken, Koen L ^b   Viergever, Max A ^b   Verbout, Abraham J ^a   Delhaas, Tammo ^c,d   Castelein, René M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Normal spine; Scoliosis; Situs inversus totalis; Vertebral rotation

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SITUS INVERSUS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE MOBILITY; THORAX; VERTEBRA;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATION; SCOLIOSIS; SITUS INVERSUS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 34247630659     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000261563.75469.b0     Document Type: Article

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