The early evolution of spinal cord lesions on MR imaging following traumatic spinal cord injury

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1012-1016

  Leypold, Bradley G ^a,b   Flanders, A E ^a   Burns, A S ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD LESION; TIME;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EDEMA; FEMALE; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, SPINAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 43649085057     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A0962     Document Type: Conference Paper

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