Age as a prognostic factor in open tibial fractures in children

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 331, Issue , 1996, Pages 261-264

  Dale Blaster, R ^a,c   Lowry Barnes, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

^c ARKANSAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; INFECTION; OPEN FRACTURE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TIBIA FRACTURE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 10244270757     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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