Consistency of AO fracture classification for the distal radius

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 726-731

  Kreder, Hans J ^a   Hanel, Douglas P ^a,b   McKee, Michael ^a,c   Jupiter, Jesse ^a,d   McGillivary, Gary ^a,e   Swiontkowski, Marc F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE;

EID: 0029798123     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620x.78b5.0780726     Document Type: Article

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