"Absent Middle Facet": A Sign on Unenhanced Radiography of Subtalar Joint Coalition

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1565-1572

  Liu, Patrick T ^a   Roberts, Catherine C ^a   Chivers, F Spencer ^a   Kile, Todd A ^a   Claridge, Richard J ^a   DeMartini, Joseph R ^a   Kenrich, Robert E ^a   Freed, Lewis H ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b East Valley Foot and Ankle Specialists   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE INJURY; ARTICLE; C SIGN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGN TEST; SUBTALAR JOINT; SUBTALAR JOINT COALITION; TALAR BREAK SIGN;

EID: 0344412984     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.181.6.1811565     Document Type: Article

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