How to simplify the CT diagnosis of Le Fort fractures

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 184, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1700-1705

  Rhea, James T ^a,b   Novelline, Robert A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FACE FRACTURE; FACIES; HUMAN; MAXILLA; MAXILLA FRACTURE; NOSE CAVITY; ORBIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FACE INJURY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SKULL FRACTURE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL INJURIES; HUMANS; SKULL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 19844372013     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.184.5.01841700     Document Type: Conference Paper

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