Sacral insufficiency fractures: An unsuspected cause of low back pain

British Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 789-793

  Dasgupta, B ^a   Shah, N ^a   Brown, H ^a   Gordon, T E ^a   Tanqueray, A B ^a   Mellor, J A ^a  

^a Southend Health Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Imaging; Sacral fractures; Sacral tenderness; Severe low back pain

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; STEROID; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; LOW BACK PAIN; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SACRUM; STEROID THERAPY; VASCULITIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MIDDLE AGED; PUBIC BONE; SACRUM; SPINAL FRACTURES; TECHNETIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031849144     PISSN: 02637103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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