Calcific discitis in children: Vertebral body involvement (possible insight into etiology)

Emergency Radiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 427-430

  Swischuk, Leonard E ^a   Jubang, Michael ^a   Jadhav, Siddharth P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcific; Children; Discitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISKITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TORTICOLLIS; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; CALCINOSIS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISCITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 53549101291     PISSN: 10703004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10140-008-0739-9     Document Type: Article

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