Radiography
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 56-64 , February 2007

The efficacy of plain films vs MRI in the detection of scaphoid fractures

  • Mark Trigg

      Affiliations

    • Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Pauline Jane Reeves

      Affiliations

    • X-Ray Department, Arrowe Park Hospital, Upton, Wirral CH49 5PE, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 151 678 5111x2985.

Received 12 May 2005 ,Accepted 28 September 2005.

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Radiography
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