The Buttazzoni classification of distal radial fractures in adults: Interobserver and intraobserver reliability

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Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 283-288

  Wadsten, Mats Å ^a   Sayed Noor, Arkan S ^a   Sjödén, Göran O ^a,b   Svensson, Olle ^b   Buttazzoni, Gunnar G ^c  

^a SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ÖSTERSUND HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Classification; Distal radial fractures; Kappa; Reliability

Indexed keywords

EID: 68949088584     PISSN: 15589447     EISSN: 15589455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-009-9163-1     Document Type: Article

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