Root compression on MRI compared with clinical findings in patients with recent onset cervical radiculopathy

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 561-563

  Kuijper, Barbara ^a,b   Tans, Jos Th J ^a   Van Der Kallen, Bas F ^a   Nollet, Frans ^c   Lycklama, Geert J ^a   Visser, Marianne De ^c  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^b Maasstad Hospital Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

As false positive and false negative MRIs occur rather frequently; Clinical findings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NEURORADIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONDYLOTIC FORAMINAL STENOSIS; STENOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953840381     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2010.217182     Document Type: Article

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