Fractures in infancy: Are the bones brittle?

Current Paediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 183-188

  Hobbs, C J ^a   Wynne, J M ^b  

^a St James University Hospital

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0006644651     PISSN: 09575839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-5839(96)80025-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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