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Research ArticleSpine Imaging and Spine Image-Guided Interventions

Reliability of the STIR Sequence for Acute Type II Odontoid Fractures

F.D. Lensing, E.F. Bisson, R.H. Wiggins and L.M. Shah
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2014, 35 (8) 1642-1646; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A3962
F.D. Lensing
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (F.D.L., R.H.W., L.M.S.)
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E.F. Bisson
bNeurosurgery (E.F.B.), University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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R.H. Wiggins III
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (F.D.L., R.H.W., L.M.S.)
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L.M. Shah
aFrom the Departments of Radiology (F.D.L., R.H.W., L.M.S.)
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