Idiopathic anterior knee pain in adolescents

Orthopedic Clinics of North America

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 377-383

  Shea, Kevin G ^a   Pfeiffer, Ron ^b   Curtin, Mike ^a  

^a Intermountain Orthopaedics   (United States)

^b BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; BIPARTITE PATELLA; BONE DISEASE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HIP DISEASE; HOFFA SYNDROME; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC ANTERIOR KNEE PAIN; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE PAIN; LARSEN JOHANSON SYNDROME; LEG ROTATIONAL MALALIGNMENT; OSGOOD SCHLATTER DISEASE; PATELLA; PERTHES DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNOVIUM; SYNOVIUM PLICA;

EID: 0042745481     PISSN: 00305898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-5898(03)00009-9     Document Type: Review

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