Absence of MRI soft tissue abnormalities in severe spinal cord injury in children: Case-based update

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1369-1373

  Mortazavi, Martin M ^a   Mariwalla, Nitin R ^a   Horn, Eric M ^a   Shane Tubbs, R ^b,c   Theodore, Nicholas ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Pediatric Neurosurgery   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Children; MRI; Pediatric spine; Radiography; SCIWORA; Spinal cord injury; Tomography; Trauma

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STEROID THERAPY; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 80054723471     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: 14330350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-011-1472-3     Document Type: Article

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