Hair-thread tourniquet syndrome: A case report

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 180-181

  Karalezli, Kubilay ^a,b   Karakoç, Yaman ^a,b   Iltar, Serkan ^a,b   Karalezli, Nazim ^a,b   Irgit, Kaan ^a,b,c  

^a Ankara Research and Training Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HAIR THREAD TOURNIQUET SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; TISSUE NECROSIS; TOE;

EID: 2442526442     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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