Non-operative treatment of flexion contracture of the knee in haemophilia

Haemophilia

Volumn 5, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 20-24

  Fernandez Palazzi, F ^a,c   Battistella, L R ^b  

^a Hospital San Juan de Dios Caracas   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Extension de subluxation devices; Flexion contracture; Haemophilia; Knee; Serial casting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HEMOPHILIA; HUMAN; INFANT; KNEE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORTHOSIS; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032961404     PISSN: 13518216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2516.1999.0050s1020.x     Document Type: Article

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