Current Concepts in Posttraumatic Osteomyelitis: A Diagnostic Challenge with New Imaging Options

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1210-1219

  Gross, Thomas ^a   Kaim, Achim H ^a   Regazzoni, Pietro ^a   Widmer, Andreas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; GRANULOCYTE ANTIBODY; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; NANOCOLL TC 99M;

BONE INJURY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0036087509     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200206000-00032     Document Type: Review

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