Evaluation of wedging of lower thoracic and upper lumbar vertebral bodies in the pediatric population

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 516-520

  Gaca, Ana Maria ^a   Barnhart, Huiman X ^b   Bisset III, George S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Compression; Pediatric; Trauma; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 76149111112     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.3065     Document Type: Article

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