Bilateral Legg-Calve-Perthes disease: Different from unilateral disease?

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 165-168

  Van Den Bogaert, G ^a   De Rosa, E ^b   Moens, P ^a   Fabry, G ^a   Dimeglio, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Bilateral disease; Legg Calve Perthes; Outcome; Prognostic factor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MATURATION; BRACE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ONSET AGE; OSTEOTOMY; PERTHES DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TENOTOMY;

EID: 0033059589     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01202412-199907000-00004     Document Type: Article

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