Scaphoid and pronator fat stripes are unreliable soft tissue signs in the detection radiographically occult fractures

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 798-800

  Annamalai, G ^a   Raby, N ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MRI; Scaphoid; Soft tissue abnormalities; Wrist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE; WRIST RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0141920426     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(03)00230-7     Document Type: Article

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