Bilateral femoral stress fractures in a child due to in-line (roller) skating

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 332-333

  Toren, A ^a   Goshen, E ^a   Katz, M ^a   Levi, R ^a,b   Rechavi, G ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

roller skating; stress fracture; Tc scan

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; FEMUR FRACTURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS FRACTURE; X RAY;

EID: 0030980182     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1997.tb08903.x     Document Type: Article

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