Double line sign: A helpful sonographic sign to detect occult fractures of the proximal humerus

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 762-767

  Rutten, Matthieu J C M ^a   Jager, Gerrit J ^a   de Waal malefijt, Maarten C ^b   Blickman, Johan G ^b  

^a JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Double line sign; Fracture; Shoulder; Trauma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHOULDER INJURY; SHOULDER PAIN; SHOULDER RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER FRACTURES; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 33846951839     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0331-1     Document Type: Article

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