Clinical Radiology
Volume 61, Issue 12 , Pages 987-995 , December 2006

Causes of lumbosacral plexopathy

  • A.C. Planner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, John Radcliffe Hospital
    • ,
  • M. Donaghy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurology, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK
    • ,
  • N.R. Moore

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, John Radcliffe Hospital
    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: N.R. Moore, Department of Radiology, John Radcliffe Hospital, MRI Centre, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK. Tel.: +44 1865 221915; fax: +44 1865 222019.

Received 27 January 2006 ,Revised 27 April 2006 ,Accepted 28 April 2006.

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doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2006.04.018

Clinical Radiology
Volume 61, Issue 12 , Pages 987-995 , December 2006

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