Distribution of spinal fractures in children: Does age, mechanism of injury, or gender play a significant role?

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 776-781

  Reddy, Syam P ^a   Junewick, Joseph J ^a   Backstrom, James W ^a  

^a HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Spinal cord injury; Trauma; Vertebral injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE FRACTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATOLOGY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0242636602     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-003-1046-y     Document Type: Article

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