Magnetic resonance imaging of ligaments and membranes in the craniocervical junction in whiplash-associated injury and in healthy control subjects

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-212

  Dullerud, Reidar ^a,b   Gjertsen, Øivind ^a   Server, Andrs ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Trauma

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; CONTROL SUBJECT; CURRENT TECHNIQUES; HEALTHY CONTROLS; ORTHOGONAL PLANE; PROTON DENSITY; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

LIGAMENTS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LIGAMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 76749087539     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: 16000455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841850903321617     Document Type: Article

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