VERTOS: A step in the right direction

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 561-562

  Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a   Hollingworth, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE DERIVATIVE; PARACETAMOL;

CHRONIC PAIN; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; DISABILITY; DRUG USE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ANALGESICS; BONE CEMENTS; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; OSTEOPOROSIS; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 33947607195     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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