Diminished spinal cord size associated with congenital scoliosis of the thoracic spine

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1698-1704

  Mik, Gokce ^a   Drummond, Denis S ^a   Hosalkar, Harish S ^b   Cameron, Danielle ^a   Agrawal, Nina ^a   Manteghi, Alex ^a   Gholve, Purushottam ^a   Auerbach, Joshua D ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; OSSIFICATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACIC SPINE SCOLIOSIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL; PATHOLOGY; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL CORD; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 67651150033     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.H.00551     Document Type: Article

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