Fracture of the sacrum in the absence of osteoporosis of pregnancy: A rare skeletal complication of the postpartum

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 106, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1096-1097

  Sibilia, Jean ^a   Javier, Rose Marie ^a   Werle, Claude ^a   Kuntz, Jean Louis ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SACRUM; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; BACK PAIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SACRUM; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 0032880630     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1999.tb08121.x     Document Type: Article

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