Tripartite patella: Late appearance of a third ossification center in childhood

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 75-76

  Zumstein, Matthias ^a   Sukthankar, Atul ^a   Exner, Georg Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRIPARTITE PATELLA;

EID: 28044432732     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01202412-200601000-00017     Document Type: Article

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