Musculoskeletal pain as an indicator of occult malignancy: Yield of bone scintigraphy

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-109

  Jacobson, Arnold F ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MYALGIA; OCCULT CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031033219     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.157.1.105     Document Type: Article

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