Case report: Radial overgrowth and deformity after metaphyseal fracture fixation in a child

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 435, Issue , 2005, Pages 258-262

  Williams, Amy A ^a   Szabo, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS FRACTURE; ULNA;

EID: 20444372945     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.blo.0000160683.79791.a2     Document Type: Article

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