Prevalence of sesamoid bones in the interphalangeal joint of the thumb and fingers: A Radiographic Study

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 823-826

  Seki, Yasuhiro ^a   Hoshino, Yuko ^a   Kuroda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KAMEDA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accessory bone; chip fracture; IP joint

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISTAL PHALANX; FEMALE; FINGER FRACTURE; FINGER JOINT; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDEX FINGER; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SESAMOID BONE; THUMB INJURY; FINGER; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; THUMB; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SESAMOID BONES; THUMB; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884820758     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.22201     Document Type: Article

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