Foot fractures frequently misdiagnosed as ankle sprains

American Family Physician

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 785-794

  Judd, Daniel B ^a,b   Kim, David H ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDON; ANKLE FRACTURE; ANKLE SPRAIN; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISABILITY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE FIXATION; FRACTURE IMMOBILIZATION; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALPATION; PLASTER CAST; TALUS; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0036736330     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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