Early magnetic resonance imaging compared with bone scintigraphy in suspected scaphoid fractures

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1205-1209

  Beeres, F J P ^a   Rhemrev, S J ^a   Den Hollander, P ^a   Kingma, L M ^a   Meylaerts, S A G ^a   Le Cessie, S ^a,b   Bartlema, K A ^a,b   Hamming, J F ^a,b   Hogervorst, M ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAPHOID FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIPHOSPHONATES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; FRACTURES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SCAPHOID BONE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 53649091467     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B9.20341     Document Type: Article

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