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Myositis Ossificans

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Muscle Imaging in Health and Disease

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Skeletal muscle ossification was first reported as a complication of traumatic spinal paraplegia over a century ago.1 The frequency and severity of this complication among military veterans with spinal cord injuries stimulated futher interest following the first world war.2

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 75235-9071, Dallas, TX, USA

    James L. Fleckenstein MD

  2. RadNet, Inc, 90025-3303, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    John V. Crues III MD

  3. Abteilung für Klinische Neurophysiologie, Universität Göttingen, 37075, Göttingen, Germany

    Carl D. Reimers MD

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Nägele, M., Hamann, M., Koch, W.F. (1996). Myositis Ossificans. In: Fleckenstein, J.L., Crues, J.V., Reimers, C.D. (eds) Muscle Imaging in Health and Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2314-6_27

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