Imaging Modalities in Wounds and Superficial Skin Infections

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 223-234

  Blankenship, Robert B ^a,b   Baker, Todd ^a,b  

^a MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN ABSCESS; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TRANSDUCER; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; WOUND;

EID: 33947671359     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2007.01.011     Document Type: Review

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