Influence of clinical information on the detection of wrist fractures in children

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 147-153

  Ehara, Shigeru ^a   Katsuragawa, Shigehiko ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Incomplete fracture; Radiography; ROC analysis; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOLOGY; RADIUS FRACTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WRIST INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; OBSERVER VARIATION; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOLOGY; RADIUS FRACTURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 0033205378     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.189.147     Document Type: Article

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