Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 233-235 , July 2002

A pediatric patient with acute low-back and pelvis pain

  • Sophie Lantsberg

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine Department, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheba, Israel
    • Pediatric Ambulatory Care Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheba, Israel
    • Clinical Radiology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheba, Israel
    • ,
  • Irina Rachinsky

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine Department, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheba, Israel
    • Pediatric Ambulatory Care Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheba, Israel
    • Clinical Radiology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheba, Israel
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Irina Rachinsky, MD, MSc, Nuclear Medicine Department, Soroka University Medical center, POB 151, IL 84100, Beer-Sheba, Israel.
    • ,
  • Jacov Levy

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine Department, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheba, Israel
    • Pediatric Ambulatory Care Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheba, Israel
    • Clinical Radiology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheba, Israel
    • ,
  • Hanna Shulman

      Affiliations

    • Nuclear Medicine Department, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheba, Israel
    • Pediatric Ambulatory Care Unit, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheba, Israel
    • Clinical Radiology, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer-Sheba, Israel

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doi: 10.1053/snvc.2002.124182

Seminars in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 32, Issue 3 , Pages 233-235 , July 2002

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