Chronic spinal cord injury in the pediatric population: Does magnetic resonance imaging correlate with the international standards for neurological classification of spinal cord injury examination?

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-81

  Samdani, Amer F ^a   Fayssoux, Reginald S ^b   Asghar, Jahangir ^a   McCarthy, James J ^c   Betz, Randal R ^a   Gaughan, John ^d   Mulcahey, Mary Jane ^a  

^a SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISCSCI); Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Pediatric; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; HOSPITALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD INJURIES;

EID: 61749091261     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318191f291     Document Type: Article

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