Reliability of radiological classifications used in Legg-Calve-Perthes disease

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 267-270

  Nathan Sambandam, Senthil ^a,d   Gul, Arif ^b   Shankar, Ravi ^c   Goni, Vijay ^c  

^a FAIRFIELD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Perthes; Radiological classifications; Reliability studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METAPHYSIS; PERTHES DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33745070254     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01202412-200607000-00006     Document Type: Article

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