Tension-sided femoral neck stress fracture in a skeletally immature patient: A case report

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1292-1295

  Lehman, Ronald A ^a   Shah, Suken A ^b  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMUR NECK; FEMUR NECK FRACTURE; FLUOROSCOPY; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INGUINAL REGION; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 2642528023     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200406000-00026     Document Type: Article

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