The posterior fat pad sign in association with occult fracture of the elbow in children

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1429-1433

  Skaggs, David L ^a   Mirzayan, Raffy ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELBOW FRACTURE; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; ULNA FRACTURE;

EID: 0032850411     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199910000-00007     Document Type: Article

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