MDCT of the elbow in pediatric patients with posttraumatic elbow effusions

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 812-817

  Chapman, Vernon ^a,b   Grottkau, Brian ^c   Albright, Maurice ^c   Elaini, Ahmed ^c   Halpern, Elkan ^c   Jaramillo, Diego ^d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Radiology Imaging Associates   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elbow; Fracture; MDCT; Pediatric; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAST APPLICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELBOW FRACTURE; ELBOW INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELBOW; INFANT; INJURY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELBOW JOINT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIUS FRACTURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748444579     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.05.0606     Document Type: Article

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