Back pain: A case of ivory vertebrae and ribs

European Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 184-185

  Samaras, N ^a   Frangos, E ^b   Forster, A ^a   Graf, C ^a   Samaras, D ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b Clinique de Jolimont   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Back pain; Bone; Metastases; Prostate

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BICALUTAMIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GOSERELIN; MORPHINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PARACETAMOL; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

AGED; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; BONE CONDENSATION; BONE DISEASE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSE BONE PROSTATIC METASTASIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; GLEASON SCORE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METASTASIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATECTOMY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 84862010564     PISSN: 18787649     EISSN: 18787657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurger.2012.01.016     Document Type: Article

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