'Tower vertebra': A new observation in sickle cell disease

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 195-198

  Marlow, Troy J ^a   Brunson, Chris Y ^a   Jackson, Sharon ^a   Schabel, Stephen I ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Sickle cell anemia; Vertebral body; Vertical growth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFARCTION; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; ISCHEMIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0031955973     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560050364     Document Type: Article

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