Compression Fracture: Identify the Diagnosis
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Compression fracture: identify the diagnosis.
From Penn Spine Research Group, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. *Dr. Bhagia and Dr. Gilchrist are fellows at the Penn Spine Center. **Dr. Siegelman is an associate professor of radiology and chief of the MRI section of the University of Pennsylvania Health System. #Dr. Slipman is the director of the Penn Spine Center, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pain Physician
سال: 2002
ISSN: 2150-1149,1533-3159
DOI: 10.36076/ppj.2002/5/401