Are classifications of proximal radius fractures reproducible?

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Matsunaga, Fabio T ^a   Tamaoki, Marcel J S ^a   Cordeiro, Eduardo F ^a   Uehara, Anderson ^a   Ikawa, Marcos H ^a   Matsumoto, Marcelo H ^a   Dos Santos, João B G ^a   Belloti, João C ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

HUMANS; RADIUS FRACTURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77951929357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-10-120     Document Type: Article

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