Different methods of treatment related to the bilateral occurrence of Perthes' disease

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 979-982

  Futami, Tohru ^a,c   Suzuki, Shigeo ^a,b  

^a KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Shiga Medical Center for Children   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYOTO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACE; CHILD; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERTHES DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030703265     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.79B6.7743     Document Type: Article

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