Alterations of the transverse ligament: An MRI study comparing patients with acute whiplash and matched control subjects

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 197, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 961-967

  Ulbrich, Erika Jasmin ^a,b   Eigenheer, Sandra ^a   Boesch, Chris ^a   Hodler, Juerg ^c   Busato, André ^a   Schraner, Christian ^a   Anderson, Suzanne E ^a,d   Bonel, Harald ^a   Zimmermann, Heinz ^e   Sturzenegger, Matthias ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOTERIC ACID;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG UPTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGAMENT INJURY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WHIPLASH INJURY;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGAMENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; ROC CURVE; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 80053269166     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.10.6321     Document Type: Article

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