Interobserver and intraobserver reliability of the cervicomedullary angle in a normal adult population

European Spine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1349-1354

  Wang, Chao ^a   Wang, Shenglin ^a   Passias, Peter G ^b   Li, Gang ^a,b   Yan, Ming ^a   Zhou, Haitao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar invagination; Cervical spine; Cervicomedullary angle; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICOMEDULLARY ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCIPITAL BONE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349664025     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1112-8     Document Type: Article

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