Postnatal development of the human sternum

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 398-405

  O'Neal, Michael L ^b   Dwornik, Julian J ^c   Ganey, Timothy M ^a   Ogden, John A ^a  

^a ATLANTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endochondral ossification; Postnatal development; Sternebrae; Sternum

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; HUMAN; INFANT; OSSIFICATION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETON; STERNUM; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0031896829     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-199805000-00024     Document Type: Article

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