Pubic ramus radiolucencies in infants: The good, the bad, and the indeterminate

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 190, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1481-1486

  Perez Rossello, Jeannette M ^a   Connolly, Susan A ^a,b   Newton, Alice W ^a,b   Thomason, Michael ^c   Jenny, Carole ^d   Sugar, Naomi F ^e   Kleinman, Paul K ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Heart Institute   (United States)

^d HASBRO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Fractures; Infants; Pelvis; Pubic bone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE DEFECT; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE; PUBIC RAMUS RADIOLUCENCY; RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PUBIC BONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 44849094467     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3251     Document Type: Article

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