Cervical spine injuries in pediatrics: Are children small adults or not?

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 493-498

  Junewick, Joseph J ^a,b  

^a HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Advanced Radiology Services   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine injury; Imaging; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ATLANTOAXIAL FRACTURE DISLOCATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CERVICAL SPINE DISLOCATION; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CERVICOCRANIUM INJURY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD HEALTH; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOSUBLUXATION; REVIEW; SKULL INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINAL CORD INJURY WITHOUT RADIOGRAPHIC ABNORMALITY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE HYPEREXTENSION INJURY; SPINE HYPERFLEXON INJURY; SPINE ROTATION INJURY; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SYNCHONDROSIS FRACTURE1; WHIPLASH INJURY;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINAL INJURIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950962643     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-009-1527-8     Document Type: Review

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