Are L5 fractures an indicator of metastasis?

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 454-458

  Lo, L D ^a   Schweitzer, M E ^a   Juneja, V ^a   Shabshin, N ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

L1; L5; Lumbar spine; Metastasis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; COLON CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

EID: 0033842893     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002560000239     Document Type: Article

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