Infantile dislocation of the elbow complicating obstetric palsy

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 589-593

  Cummings, R Jay ^a   Jones, Eric T ^a,b   Reed, F E ^a,c   Mazur, John M ^a  

^a NEMOURS CHILDREN S CLINIC   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Private Practice   (United States)

Author keywords

Erb's palsy; Infantile dislocation of the elbow; Obstetric palsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIRTH INJURY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; ELBOW DISLOCATION; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; INFANT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OPEN REDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; ULNA;

BIRTH INJURIES; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; DISLOCATIONS; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 0029758435     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199609000-00008     Document Type: Article

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