Bilateral first rib and unilateral second rib stress fractures in a female athlete

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 177-179

  Mamanee, Pornthep ^a   Weinberg, Jacob ^c   Curl, Leigh Ann ^b   McFarland, Edward George ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIB FRACTURE; STRESS FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE HEALING; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; RIB FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033161292     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042752-199907000-00011     Document Type: Article

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