Posttraumatic tibia valga in children

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 799-810

  Tuten, H Robert ^a,b   Keeler, Kathryn A ^a,c   Gabos, Peter G ^a,c   Zionts, Lewis E ^a,d   Mackenzie, William G ^a,c  

^a Alfred I Dupunt Institute   (United States)

^b Georgia Sports Med Orthoped Clin   (United States)

^c NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MATURATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

EID: 0033040272     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199906000-00007     Document Type: Article

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