Applications of diffusion-weighted MRI in thoracic spinal cord injury without radiographic abnormality

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 375-383

  Shen, Huiyong ^a   Tang, Yong ^a   Huang, Lin ^a   Yang, Rui ^a   Wu, Yanfeng ^a   Wang, Peng ^a   Shi, Yupeng ^a   He, Xiaoyu ^a   Liu, Hu ^a   Ye, Jichao ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; THORACIC SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; CHILD; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 34249038446     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-006-0175-y     Document Type: Article

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