Point of view

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 613-614

  Jarvik, Jeffrey G ^a   Kallmes, David F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; KYPHOPLASTY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT SURVEY; UNITED STATES; ECONOMICS; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; SPINE FRACTURE;

HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL FRACTURES; UNITED STATES; VERTEBROPLASTY;

EID: 65549156979     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31819c1770     Document Type: Short Survey

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