Seven year follow up of children presenting to the accident and emergency department with irritable hip

Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 345-347

  Mattick, Anthony ^a   Turner, Alastair ^a   Ferguson, James ^a   Beattie, Thomas ^a   Sharp, Jacqueline ^a  

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Author keywords

Irritable hip; Transient synovitis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PERTHES DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYNOVITIS;

EID: 0032849289     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.16.5.345     Document Type: Article

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