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  • noun medicine A type of radiographic examination that uses a contrast medium to detect pathology of the spinal cord, including the location of a spinal cord injury, cysts, and tumors.

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  • noun roentgenography of the spinal cord to detect possible lesions (usually after injection of a contrast medium into the subarachnoid space)

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  • Further investigations such as electromyography, spinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), or computed tomography, with or without myelography, were carried out if deemed necessary.

    PLoS Medicine: New Articles 2009

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