Femur fracture in infants: A possible accidental etiology

Pediatrics

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 1009-1012

  Grant, Penny ^a,d   Mata, Maria B ^b   Tidwell, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b Broward General Medical Center   (United States)

^c MIAMI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; GROWTH PLATE; HUMAN; INFANT; LEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL WORK;

ACCIDENTS, HOME; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0034784707     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.108.4.1009     Document Type: Article

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