Limping in childhood

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 301-310

  De Boeck, Hugo ^a   Vorlat, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETIDRONIC ACID TC 99M;

BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOGRAPHY; GAIT; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIMP; MUSCLE DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GAIT; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 0043195625     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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