The role of plain radiography in the management of suspected orbital blow-out fractures

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 70, Issue JAN., 1997, Pages 29-33

  Bhattacharya, J ^a   Moseley, I F ^a,b   Fells, P ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIPLOPIA; ENOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORBIT FRACTURE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031039617     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.70.829.9059291     Document Type: Article

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