Imaging of the Charcot Foot

Clinics in Podiatric Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 263-274

  Rogers, Lee C ^a   Bevilacqua, Nicholas J ^a  

^a BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; INDIUM 111; SULFUR; TECHNETIUM 99M;

BONE DESTRUCTION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FOOD IRRADIATION; FOOT DISEASE; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ARTHROPATHY, NEUROGENIC; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40749116906     PISSN: 08918422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpm.2008.01.002     Document Type: Review

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