Bone Scintigraphy After a Negative Radiological Skeletal Survey Improves the Detection Rate of Inflicted Skeletal Injury in Children
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عنوان ژورنال: Frontiers in Pediatrics
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2296-2360
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2020.00498