Frequency of sternal variations and anomalies evaluated by MDCT

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 186, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 956-960

  Yekeler, Ensar ^a   Tunaci, Mehtap ^a   Tunaci, Atadan ^a   Dursun, Memduh ^a   Acunas, Gulden ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anomalies; Developmental; MDCT; Musculoskeletal imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; COMPLETE MANUBRIOSTERNAL FUSION; COMPLETE STERNOXIPHOIDAL FUSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNAL FORAMEN; STERNAL SCLEROTIC BAND; STERNUM; SUPRASTERNAL BONE; SUPRASTERNAL TUBERCLE; THORAX DEFORMITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STERNUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33646908918     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.04.1779     Document Type: Article

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