Acetabular Depth and Race in Young Adults: A Potential Explanation of the Differences in the Prevalence of Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis Between Different Racial Groups?

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 699-702

  Loder, Randall T ^a   Mehbod, Amir A ^b   Meyer, Christopher ^c   Meisterling, Mike ^d  

^a RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^c Orthopaedic Consultants   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetabulum; Center edge angle; Race; Sharp's angle; Slipped capital femoral epiphysis

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIOLYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMUR EPIPHYSIOLYSIS; GONIOMETRY; HIP DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PATHOLOGY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142219801     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01241398-200311000-00003     Document Type: Article

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