Flexor digitorum accessorius longus muscle is associated with familial idiopathic clubfoot

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 357-359

  Dobbs, Matthew B ^a,b,c   Walton, Tim ^a,b   Gordon, J Eric ^a,b,c   Schoenecker, Perry L ^a,b,c   Gurnett, Christina A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Clubfoot; Etiology; Familial; Flexor digitorum accessorius longus muscle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLUBFOOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FLEXOR DIGITORUM ACCESSORIUS LONGUS MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CLUBFOOT; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES;

EID: 17844392835     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000152908.08422.95     Document Type: Article

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