Research ArticleSpine Imaging and Spine Image-Guided Interventions
Peripheral Spinal Cord Hypointensity on T2-weighted MR Images: A Reliable Imaging Sign of Venous Hypertensive Myelopathy
Robert W. Hurst and Robert I. Grossman
American Journal of Neuroradiology April 2000, 21 (4) 781-786;
Robert W. Hurst
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
Robert I. Grossman
aFrom the Department of Radiology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

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Robert W. Hurst, Robert I. Grossman
Peripheral Spinal Cord Hypointensity on T2-weighted MR Images: A Reliable Imaging Sign of Venous Hypertensive Myelopathy
American Journal of Neuroradiology Apr 2000, 21 (4) 781-786;
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