Insufficiency fractures of the sternum

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 179-180

  Min, Jun Ki ^a   Sung, M S ^a  

^a Department of Internal Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Insufficiency fractures; Sternum

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS STERNAL INSUFFICIENCY FRACTURE; STERNUM; STRESS; STRESS FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; HUMANS; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STERNUM;

EID: 0038683556     PISSN: 03009742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03009740310002533     Document Type: Article

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