Clinical and scintigraphic evaluation of insufficiency fractures in the elderly

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 179-185

  Wat, Shiu Yan Josephine ^a   Seshadri, Nagabhushan ^a   Markose, George ^a   Balan, Kottekkattu ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Insufficiency fractures; Mortality; Skeletal scintigraphy; X ray

Indexed keywords

MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SACRUM; SURVIVAL; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; FEMALE; FOOT; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OSTEOPOROSIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846705269     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e328014690a     Document Type: Article

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