Radiology corner: Diagnosing radiographically occult scaphoid fractures - What's the best second test?

Journal of the American Society for Surgery of the Hand

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 134-138

  Amrami, Kimberly K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FRACTURE NONUNION; HAND INJURY; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 23744458778     PISSN: 15310914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jassh.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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