'Functional retroversion' of the femoral head in Legg-Calve-Perthes disease and epiphyseal dysplasia: Analysis of head-neck deformity and its effect on limb position using three-dimensional computed tomography

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 240-246

  Kim, Hui Taek ^a,b   Wenger, Dennis R ^a  

^a RADY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Pusan National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epiphyseal dysplasia; Functional coxa vara; Functional retroversion; Legg Calve Perthes disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMUR EPIPHYSIS; FEMUR HEAD; HIP DYSPLASIA; HUMAN; LIMB DEFORMITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PERTHES DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0342327380     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199703000-00019     Document Type: Article

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