Epidemiology and demographics of slipped capital femoral epiphysis in Japan: A multicenter study by the Japanese Paediatric Orthopaedic Association

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 610-617

  Noguchi, Yasuo ^a,b   Sakamaki, Toyonori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saga Prefectural Hospital Koseikan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Demographics; Epidemiology; Incidence; Obesity; Slipped capital femoral epiphysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; EPIPHYSIOLYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FEMUR EPIPHYSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; OSTEOTOMY; PEDIATRICS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON TRACTION;

EID: 0036915545     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007760200110     Document Type: Article

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