Differentiation between bone infarction and acute osteomyelitis in children with sickle-cell disease with use of sequential radionuclide bone-marrow and bone scans

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1810-1813

  Skaggs, D L ^a   Kim, S K ^a   Greene, N W ^a   Harris, D ^a   Miller, J H ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; RADIOISOTOPE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SCINTISCANNING; BONE PAIN; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFARCTION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

EID: 0035213884     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200112000-00007     Document Type: Article

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