Asymmetric Closure of Ischiopubic Synchondrosis in Pediatric Patients: Correlation with Foot Dominance

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 361-365

  Herneth, Andreas M ^a,b   Philipp, Marcel O ^b   Pretterklieber, Michael L ^c   Balassy, Csilla ^b   Winkelbauer, Friedrich W ^b   Beaulieu, Christopher F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CARTILAGE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; ISCHIOPUBIC SYNCHONDROSIS; ISCHIUM; LEG MOVEMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; PELVIC GIRDLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBIC BONE; PUBIS SYMPHYSIS; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 1642446235     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.182.2.1820361     Document Type: Article

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