Kirner's deformity of all fingers in a 5-year-old girl: Soft-tissue enhancement with normal bones on contrast-enhanced MRI

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 709-711

  Brune, Thomas ^a,c   Schiborr, Manfred ^b   Maintz, David ^b   Marquardt, Thorsten ^b   Frosch, Michael ^b   Harms, Erik ^b  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Zentrum fur Kinderheilkunde   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child; Hand; Kirner's deformity; MRI; Radiography; Skeletal deformity; Soft tissues

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE AGE; BONE MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISTAL PHALANX; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FINGER MALFORMATION; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; FEMALE; FINGERS; GADOLINIUM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0141506969     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-003-0998-2     Document Type: Article

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