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Occult lumbosacral dysraphism in children and young adults

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Location: http://radiology.rsna.org/content/211/3/767.long

Description: CONCLUSION: Conventional three-plane lumbosacral MR imaging in children and young adults suspected of having occult dysraphism provides better diagnostic information than does fast screening two-plane MR imaging because of its higher specificity and interobserver agreement.
Occult lumbosacral dysraphism in children and young adults: diagnostic performance of fast screening and conventional MR imaging. Santiago Medina L, al-Orfali M, Zurakowski D, Poussaint TY, DiCanzio J, Barnes PD. Radiology. 1999 Jun;211(3):767-71.

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Author/Contact: Santiago Medina et al
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