Association of posterior rib fractures with exaggerated kyphosis and sternal collapse

Clinical Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 311-313

  Muldoon, Kathleen ^a   Chu, Pauline ^a   Pathria, Mini ^a   Resnick, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression fractures; Rib fractures; Sternal fracture; Thoracic kyphosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; COLLAPSE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OSTEOPENIA; RADIOGRAPHY; RIB FRACTURE; STERNUM; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION;

BONE DISEASES, METABOLIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RIB FRACTURES; SPINAL FRACTURES; STERNUM; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033374077     PISSN: 08997071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0899-7071(99)00153-9     Document Type: Article

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