SCIWORA no more? The case for targeted cervical spine MRI in blunt trauma

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Editorial

Lotfi Hacein-Bey. J Neuroradiol. 2021 May.

. 2021 May;48(3):139-140.

doi: 10.1016/j.neurad.2021.04.034.

¹ Neuroradiology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95815, United States. Electronic address: lhaceinbey@yahoo.com.

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Comment on

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