Musculoskeletal sonography use in physiatry: A single-center one-year analysis

American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 385-389

  Özçakar, Levent ^a   Malas, Fevziye Ünsal ^a   Kara, Gamze ^a   Kaymak, Bayram ^a   Hasçelik, Zafer ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cost; Musculoskeletal ultrasonography; Physiatry; Time

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951829835     PISSN: 08949115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PHM.0b013e3181d89e63     Document Type: Article

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