Predicting fracture through benign skeletal lesions with quantitative computed tomography

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-70

  Snyder, Brian D ^a   Hauser Kara, Diana A ^a   Hipp, John A ^b   Zurakowski, David ^a   Hecht, Andrew C ^a   Gebhardt, Mark C ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LONG BONE; MALE; PATHOLOGIC FRACTURE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 30344462400     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.D.02600     Document Type: Article

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