Chondro-epiphyseal separation of the distal humerus in the newborn: A case report and review of the literature

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 268-271

  Rose, R E C ^a   Dixon, R ^a   Bullock, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; CASE REPORT; CHONDROPATHY; ELBOW DISLOCATION; ELBOW RADIOGRAPHY; EPIPHYSEAL CARTILAGE; EPIPHYSIS INJURY; FRACTURE REDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; NEWBORN; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; VARUS DEFORMITY;

BIRTH INJURIES; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; ELBOW JOINT; EPIPHYSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMERUS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036983103     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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