Radiographic assessment

Neurosurgery

Volumn 72, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages 54-72

  Ryken, Timothy C ^a   Hadley, Mark N ^b   Walters, Beverly C ^b,d   Aarabi, Bizhan ^e   Dhall, Sanjay S ^g   Gelb, Daniel E ^f   Hurlbert, R John ^h   Rozzelle, Curtis J ^c   Theodore, Nicholas ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c BETTY AND GUY BEATTY CENTER FOR INTEGRATED RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic trauma patient; Cervical spinal trauma; Obtunded unevaluable trauma patient; Radiographic assessment; Symptomatic trauma patient

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYNAMIC IMAGING; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; WAKEFULNESS;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL INJURIES;

EID: 84874378991     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/NEU.0b013e318276edee     Document Type: Article

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