Total avulsion fracture of the coronoid tubercle caused by baseball pitching: A case report

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 580-582

  Akagi, Masao ^a   Ito, Takayuki ^a   Ikeda, Noboru ^a   Nakamura, Takashi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVULSION FRACTURE; BASEBALL; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELBOW FRACTURE; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORTS MEDICINE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033852922     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/03635465000280042401     Document Type: Article

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