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This chapter deals with injuries of the wrist and hand. Various types of fractures and other injuries are presented. MR is discussed where it significantly adds to evaluation of these injuries.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Texas Medical Branch Pediatric Radiology, Galveston, TX, USA

    Leonard E. Swischuk MD

  2. The Edward B. Singleton Department of Pediatric Radiology, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX, USA

    Siddharth P. Jadhav MD

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Swischuk, L.E., Jadhav, S.P. (2014). Wrist and Hand. In: Emergency Musculoskeletal Imaging in Children. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7747-1_7

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