Stress fractures of the sacrum and lower extremity

Current Opinion in Rheumatology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 158-162

  Fanciullo, Joseph J ^a   Bell, Carolyn L ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DANCING; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMUR; FOOT; HUMAN; JUMPING; PELVIC GIRDLE; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RUNNING; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA;

EID: 0029940176     PISSN: 10408711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002281-199603000-00012     Document Type: Review

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