Occult injury of the pediatric craniocervical junction

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 483-488

  Junewick, Joseph J ^a   Meesa, Indu R ^b   Luttenton, Charles R ^a   Hinman, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a Advanced Radiology Services   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniocervical junction injury; CT; MRI; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOCERVICAL JUNCTION INJURY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; JOINT INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 72849146995     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-009-0814-x     Document Type: Article

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