Fractures of the Atlantoaxial Complex in the Elderly: Assessment of Radiological Spectrum of Fractures and Factors Influencing Imaging Diagnosis;Frakturen des Atlas und Axis bei Älteren Patienten: Untersuchung des Radiologischen Spektrums der Frakturen und Bedeutsamer Faktoren für die Bildgebende Diagnostik

RoFo Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Rontgenstrahlen und der Bildgebenden Verfahren

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 222-228

  Lomoschitz, Fritz M ^a,b   Blackmore, C C ^b   Stadler, A ^a   Linnau, K F ^b   Mann, F A ^b  

^a UNIV KLIN FÜR RADIODIAGNOSTIK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Conventional radiography; CT; Fracture; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLAS; AXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 1442350445     PISSN: 14389029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-817630     Document Type: Article

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