Shoulder reconstruction in patients with chronic brachial plexus birth palsy: A case control study

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 364, Issue , 1999, Pages 144-152

  Waters, Peter M ^a,b   Peljovich, Allan E ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INJURY; BRACHIAL PLEXUS INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TENDON TRANSFER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032838405     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003086-199907000-00019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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