Fluorine-18 NaF PET imaging of child abuse

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 776-779

  Drubach, Laura A ^a   Sapp, Mark V ^b   Laffin, Stephen ^a   Kleinman, Paul K ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Fluorine 18 PET

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE SODIUM; FLUORINE 18; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; INFANT; MALE; METAPHYSIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB FRACTURE; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORINE RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INFANT; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SODIUM FLUORIDE;

EID: 45449101855     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-0885-y     Document Type: Article

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