Angle of torsion of the femur and its correlates

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 109-117

  Pkasai, Rajendra ^a,b,c,d   Vettivel, Selvakumar ^a   Isaac, B ^a   Jeyaseelan, L ^a   Ciiandi, G ^a  

^a University Ofjaffna   (Sri Lanka)

^b Departments of Anatomy   (India)

^c CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^d CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adductor tubercle; Intertrochanteric line; Linea aspera; Quadrate tubercle; Superior cervical tubercle

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR NECK; HIP DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TORSION;

EID: 33745166677     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2353(1996)9:2<109::aid-ca3>3.0.co;2-c     Document Type: Article

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