Pattern of congenital orthopaedic malformations in an African teaching hospital

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 92-95

  Omololu, Bade ^a   Ogunlade, S O ^a   Alonge, T O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Congenital malformations; Environment; Orthopaedic

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARM MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CALCANEUS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLUBFOOT; CONGENITAL HIP DISLOCATION; FEMALE; FOOT MALFORMATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; KNEE DISLOCATION; LEG MALFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PES EQUINOVARUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL WARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VALGUS DEFORMITY;

CALCANEUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUBFOOT; FEMALE; HIP; HIP DISLOCATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KNEE; KNEE DISLOCATION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL ABNORMALITIES; NIGERIA; ORTHOPEDICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 23044484451     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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