Reliability of fat-pad sign in radial head/neck fractures of the elbow

Injury

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 433-435

  Irshad, Farrukh ^a,b   Shaw, N J ^a   Gregory, R J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH DURHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELBOW INJURY; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031466482     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(97)00045-4     Document Type: Article

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