Healing of Charcot fractures: Skin temperature and radiographic correlates

Foot

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 158-165

  McCrory, J L ^a   Morag, E ^a   Norkitis, A J ^a   Barr, M S ^b   Moser, R P ^b   Caputo, G M ^b   Cavanagh, P R ^a   Ulbrecht, J S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COOLING; FEMALE; FOOT INJURY; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETER; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0031793439     PISSN: 09582592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-2592(98)90052-9     Document Type: Article

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