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Imaging of Back Pain in Children

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American Journal of Neuroradiology May 2010, 31 (5) 787-802; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1832
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vol. 31 no. 5 787-802
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A1832
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19926701

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American Journal of Neuroradiology
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0195-6108
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1936-959X
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  • Published online May 14, 2010.

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  1. D.P. Rodrigueza and
  2. T.Y. Poussainta
  1. aFrom the Harvard Medical School and Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
  1. Please address correspondence to Tina Young Poussaint, MD, Division of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA 02115; e-mail: tinayoung.poussaint{at}childrens.harvard.edu
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