Orthopedic pitfalls in the ED: Radiographically occult hip fracture

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 234-237

  Perron, Andrew D ^a   Miller, Mark D ^a   Brady, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Hip; Hip fracture; MRI; Occult fracture

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036244946     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajem.2002.33007     Document Type: Article

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