Spontaneous humeral shaft fracture in a weight lifter

Orthopedics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 603-605

  Joseph, Thomas A ^a   Zehr, Robert J ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF COLORECTAL SURGERY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ADULT; FRACTURES, SPONTANEOUS; FRACTURES, STRESS; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 0034126572     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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