Imaging features suggestive of a conjoined nerve root on routine axial MRI

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 133-138

  Song, Su Jin ^a   Lee, Joon Woo ^a   Choi, Ja Young ^b   Hong, Sung Hwan ^b   Kim, Na Ra ^b   Kim, Ki Jeong ^a   Chung, Sang Ki ^a   Kim, Hyun Jib ^a   Kang, Heung Sik ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Conjoined nerve root; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE MALFORMATION; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGIST; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS;

EID: 37549060719     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-007-0403-6     Document Type: Article

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