Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 4 , Pages 397-402 , April 2009

Do the terms “proximal” and “distal” cause confusion amongst radiologists and other clinicians?

  • C.J. Skillicorn

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: C. J. Skillicorn, c/o Ms Karan O'Hagan, MRTS Administrator, Room 1.907, Clinical Radiology, Imaging Science and Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK. Tel.: +44 1253 836361.

Received 20 October 2008 ,Revised 18 November 2008 ,Accepted 24 November 2008.

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PII: S0009-9260(08)00489-3

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2008.11.004

Clinical Radiology
Volume 64, Issue 4 , Pages 397-402 , April 2009