Gas in the sternoclavicular joints of patients with blunt chest trauma: Significance and frequency of CT findings

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1633-1635

  Patten, Randall M ^a   Dobbins, Jill ^a   Gunberg, Steven R ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; GAS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THORAX INJURY;

EID: 0033013162     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.6.10350304     Document Type: Article

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