Sonography of a Mercury Foreign Body in the Hand

Journal of Ultrasound in Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 711-714

  Romero, María ^a   Bargalló, Xavier ^a   López Quiñones, Miguel T ^a   Buñesch, Laura ^a   Bianchi, Luis ^a   Brú, Concepció ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENTAL MATERIALS; MERCURY (METAL); PLASTIC ADHESIVES; THERMOMETERS; TISSUE; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS;

IMAGING MODALITY; METALLIC FOREIGN BODIES; SONOGRAPHY;

MEDICAL IMAGING;

MERCURY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HAND INJURY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NURSE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELIABILITY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2342641565     PISSN: 02784297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7863/jum.2004.23.5.711     Document Type: Article

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