Gigantism of the foot: Our experience in seven cases

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 337-345

  Turra, S ^a   Santini, S ^a,b,c   Cagnoni, G ^a,d   Jacopetti, T ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b University of Padova ^*  (Italy)

^c Hospital of Treviso   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foot; Localized gigantism; Macrodactyly; Neurofibromatosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE RESECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FIBROMATOSIS; FOOT MALFORMATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; LIPOMATOSIS; MULTIPLE CANCER; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOE MALFORMATION;

EID: 0031948763     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-199805000-00013     Document Type: Article

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