How should we image skeletal injuries in child abuse?

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 39, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Van Rijn, Rick R ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Evidence based imaging; Imaging; Skeletal

Indexed keywords

FLUORIDE SODIUM; FLUORINE 18;

BONE INJURY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHILD ABUSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; RIB FRACTURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS;

EID: 63349106394     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-1109-1     Document Type: Review

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