The final diagnosis in patients with a suspected primary malignancy of bone

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 93 B, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 980-983

  Malhas, A M ^a   Grimer, R J ^a   Abudu, A ^a   Carter, S R ^a   Tillman, R M ^a   Jeys, L ^a  

^a ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE CANCER; BONE INFECTION; BONE METASTASIS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE TUMOR; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959564973     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.93B7.25727     Document Type: Article

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