Dilemma in Differentiating between Acute Osteomyelitis and Bone Infarction in Children with Sickle Cell Disease: The Role of Ultrasound

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Inusa, Baba P D ^a   Oyewo, Adeola ^a   Brokke, Felicity ^a   Santhikumaran, Gayathriy ^b   Jogeesvaran, K Haran ^a  

^a EVELINA LONDON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BONE DISEASE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PERIOSTEUM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; VASOOCCLUSIVE CRISIS BONE INFARCTION; ACUTE DISEASE; BONE; INFARCTION; PATHOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFARCTION; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS;

EID: 84878808607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065001     Document Type: Article

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