Injury
Volume 41, Issue 8 , Pages 852-856 , August 2010

Magnetic resonance imaging of clinically suspected Salter–Harris I fracture of the distal fibula

  • Kathy Boutis

      Affiliations

    • Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 416 813 8982; fax: +1 416 813 5043.
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  • Unni G. Narayanan

      Affiliations

    • Division of Orthopedics, Department of Surgery, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Frederik F.T. Dong

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Heather MacKenzie

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Hanmu Yan

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Derek Chew

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
    • ,
  • Paul Babyn

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

,Accepted 14 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.injury.2010.04.015

Injury
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