The vacuum cleft sign: An uncommon radiological sign

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1210-1214

  Sarli, M ^a,b   Perez Manghi F C ^a   Gallo, R ^a   Zanchetta, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL SALVADOR   (Argentina)

^b República de la India 2755 8 B ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Intravertebral vacuum cleft sign; Osteoporotic fractures; Percutaneous vetebroplasty; Vertebral fractures

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; CALCIUM; ERGOCALCIFEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; OSTEOPENIA; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; POSTMENOPAUSE OSTEOPOROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VACUUM CLEFT SIGN; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; BONE DENSITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GASES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEONECROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; SPINAL FRACTURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 25844510787     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-005-1833-4     Document Type: Article

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