Femoral and tibial fractures in a child with myelomeningocele

Journal of Clinical Forensic Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-97

  Asirdizer, Mahmut ^a   Zeyfeoglu, Yildiray ^a  

^a CELAL BAYAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Bone mineral density; Child abuse; Femur fracture; Myelomeningocele; Tibia fracture

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARM; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITOMETRY; BONE DENSITY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; MENINGOMYELOCELE; OSTEOPENIA; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TIBIA FRACTURE;

BONE DENSITY; CHILD ABUSE; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL FRACTURES; HUMANS; INFANT; MENINGOMYELOCELE; TIBIAL FRACTURES;

EID: 18144415062     PISSN: 13531131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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