Non-union of the ulna in a ten-month-old child who had type-IV hereditary sensory neuropathy. A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1232-1234

  Krettek, Christian ^a,b   Glüer, Sylvia ^a,b   Thermann, Hajo ^a,b   Lewis, David A ^a,c   Schweitzer, Susanne ^a,b   Tscherne, Harald ^a,b  

^a Hannover Medical School ^*

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIA (SENSORY DYSFUNCTION); ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; FRACTURE NONUNION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; ULNA FRACTURE;

EID: 1842370319     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-199708000-00016     Document Type: Article

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