Observer reliability in ankle radiographic measurements

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 324-329

  Brage, Michael E ^a,b   Bennett, Craig R ^a   Whitehurst, Jon B ^a   Getty, Patrick J ^a   Toledano, Alicia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Surgery ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030968996     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107110079701800602     Document Type: Article

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