Atypical findings on magnetic resonance imaging in the patients with active pyogenic spondylitis in Japanese university hospitals.

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Published in Tohoku J Exp Med on January 01, 2013

Authors

Toshimi Aizawa1, Hiroshi Ozawa, Tomoaki Koakutsu, Takeshi Nakamura, Haruo Kanno, Toru Hirano, Atsuki Sano, Takui Ito, Eiji Itoi

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. toshi-7@ra2.so-net.ne.jp

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