An unusual cause of stress fracture of the first rib

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-57

  Liew, S M ^a,b   Cunningham, R ^a  

^a AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

First rib; Rib fracture; Shoulder pain; Stress fracture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RIB FRACTURE; STRESS FRACTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; MALE; RIB FRACTURES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0029690795     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1996.tb00707.x     Document Type: Article

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