Limitations of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of osteomyelitis underlying diabetic foot ulcers

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 135-

  Yansouni, Cedric P ^a,b   Mak, Anton ^a   Libman, Michael D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE BIOPSY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; LETTER; NEUROPATHIC JOINT DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TARSAL BONE;

BONE AND BONES; DIABETIC FOOT; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 57749095058     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595556     Document Type: Letter

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