Clinical and radiological diagnosis of spinal cord birth injury
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Spinal cord injury without radiological abnormality (SCIWORA).
SCIWORA or Spinal Cord Injury Without Radiological Abnormality; is a pre-MRI term that includes injuries to the spinal cord in the absence of radiological (plain radiographs, tomographs and CT scans) evidence of injury to the spinal column or cord. It occurs in skeletally immature spines because of the inherent plasticity of the bony structures in this age group. The prognosis is dependent on t...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1359-2998,1468-2052
DOI: 10.1136/fn.81.3.f235b