Anteversion of the femoral neck in Indian dry femora

Journal of Orthopaedic Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 334-340

  Jain, A K ^a   Maheshwari, Aditya V ^a   Nath, S ^b   Singhi, M P ^a   Nagar, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Femoral neck anteversion; Indian dry femora

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTEVERSION; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; ROTATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0038120879     PISSN: 09492658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10776-003-0648-5     Document Type: Article

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