Acute ankle injuries: Clinical decision rules for radiographs

American Family Physician

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2721-2728

  Tandeter, Howard B ^a   Shvartzman, Pesach ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANKLE INJURIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0030974223     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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