Current trends in limb lengthening

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 431-437

  Patel, Minoo ^a   Herzenberg, John E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Kernan Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN;

ARM MALFORMATION; BONE GROWTH; CALLUS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; FEMUR; FIBULA; GAIT; HUMAN; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; LEG LENGTH INEQUALITY; PERIOSTEUM GRAFT; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL RISK; TIBIA; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 0034456388     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001433-200012000-00002     Document Type: Review

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