The Early Evolution of Spinal Cord Lesions on MR Imaging following Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury
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- 22 February 2008
- journal article
- Published by American Society of Neuroradiology (ASNR) in American Journal of Neuroradiology
- Vol. 29 (5) , 1012-1016
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: How early spinal cord injury (SCI) lesions evolve in patients after injury is unknown. The purpose of this study was to characterize the early evolution of spinal cord edema and hemorrhage on MR imaging after acute traumatic SCI.Keywords
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