Thoracolumbar burst fracture: What the radiologist should know;Fratura toracolombar do tipo explosão: O que o radiologista deve conhecer

Radiologia Brasileira

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 101-104

  Jacob Junior, Chárbel ^a   Barbosa, Diogo Miranda ^b   de Batista, Priscila Rossi ^c   Vieira, Dimitri Mori ^b   Machado, Igor Cardoso ^d   Rezende, Rodrigo ^e  

^a Group of Vertebral Spine   (Brazil)

^b Centro Diagnóstico Por Imagem   (Brazil)

^c Group of Vertebral Spine   (Brazil)

^d Group of Vertebral Spine   (Brazil)

^e Hospital Meridional and Hospital Vila Velha   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fracture; Radiology; Spine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861321614     PISSN: 01003984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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