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Accuracy of MRI in cervical disc herniation

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Proceedings of the XIV Symposium Neuroradiologicum

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Sixty-four patients were examined by MRI for cervical myelopathy and radiculopathy. Magnetic resonance images, if the correct sequences were used, gave accurate results as judged by surgical findings, but tended to overestimate the degree of abnormality.

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  1. MRI Unit, Cologne-Mülheim, Germany

    Dr. Josef Assheuer

  2. Division of Neuroradiology, Cologne-Mrheim, Federal Republic of Germany

    E. Volle & J.-P. Hedde

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Cologne-Merheim, Federal Republic of Germany

    W. Köning

  4. MRI-Unit, Department of Neurosurgery, Genovevastrasse 24, W-5000, Köln-Merheim, Federal Republic of Germany

    Dr. Josef Assheuer

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  1. Old Manor House, Brington, Huntington, Cambridgeshire, PEI8 0PX, UK

    George du Boulay CBE

  2. Neuroradiology Department, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, OX2 6HE, UK

    Andrew Molyneux

  3. Lysholm Department of Radiology, The National Hospital, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK

    Ivan Moseley

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Assheuer, J., Volle, E., Köning, W., Hedde, JP. (1991). Accuracy of MRI in cervical disc herniation. In: du Boulay, G., Molyneux, A., Moseley, I. (eds) Proceedings of the XIV Symposium Neuroradiologicum. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-49329-4_114

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