Bilateral stress fractures of the anterior part of the tibial cortex: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 213-218

  Brukner, Peter ^a   Fanton, Gary ^a   Bergman, A Gabrielle ^a   Beaulieu, Chris ^a   Matheson, Gordon O ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORTICAL BONE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS FRACTURE; TIBIA FRACTURE;

EID: 0033975587     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200002000-00007     Document Type: Article

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