The radiological reporting of lumbar Scheuermann's disease: An unnecessary source of confusion amongst clinicians and patients

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 965, 2008, Pages 383-385

  Summers, B N ^a   Singh, J P ^a   Manns, R A ^a  

^a PRINCESS ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PATIENT INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCHEUERMANN DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SCHEUERMANN'S DISEASE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 44349171919     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/69495299     Document Type: Article

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