Ultrasound for screening developmental dysplasia of the hip: A European perspective

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 30-33

  Dorn, Ulrich ^a   Neumann, Daniel ^a,b  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Laboratory of Immunological and Molecular Cancer Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

Developmental dysplasia of hip; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

BRACE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HIP DYSPLASIA; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; JOINT EXAMINATION; NEWBORN DISEASE; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HIP DISLOCATION, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN;

EID: 12744268369     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mop.0000151554.10176.34     Document Type: Review

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