The double-density sign: A radiographic finding suggestive of an os acromiale

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2666-2670

  Lee, Donald H ^a   Lee, Kwan H ^a,b   Lopez Ben, Robert ^a,c   Bradley, Edwin L ^a,d  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b 905 Faculty Office Tower ^*  (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHOULDER; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 10344260830     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200412000-00012     Document Type: Review

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