Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 6, Issue 10 , Pages 715-720 , October 2009

Discrepancies in Reporting the Vertebral Level of Abnormality in MR of the Spine

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PII: S1546-1440(09)00277-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2009.06.002

Journal of the American College of Radiology
Volume 6, Issue 10 , Pages 715-720 , October 2009