The Effect of the Epiphyseal Growth Plate on the Length of the First Metacarpal in Triphalangeal Thumb

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1183-1188

  Zuidam, J Michiel ^a   Dees, Esther E C ^a   Lequin, Maarten H ^a   Hovius, Steven E R ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

bone measurement; growth plate; metacarpal length; Triphalangeal thumb

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPIPHYSIS; EPIPHYSIS PLATE; FEMALE; GROWTH PLATE; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; MALE; METACARPAL BONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THUMB MALFORMATION; TRIPHALANGEAL THUMB;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH PLATE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THUMB;

EID: 33747872894     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2006.03.025     Document Type: Article

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