Relationship between body mass index and slipped capital femoral epiphysis

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 744-746

  Manoff, Eric M ^a   Banffy, Michael B ^b   Winell, Jennifer Jo ^c  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Body mass index; Slipped capital femoral epiphysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FEMUR EPIPHYSIS; HIP DISEASE; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIPPED CAPITAL FEMUR EPIPHYSIS;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EPIPHYSES, SLIPPED; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27544443293     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bpo.0000184651.34475.8e     Document Type: Article

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