Value of magnetic resonance imaging in early assessment of proximal femoral focal deficiency (PFFD)

Journal Belge de Radiologie

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 325-327

  Bernaerts, A ^a   Pouillon, M ^a   De Ridder, K ^a   Vanhoenacker, F ^b  

^a AZ St Augustinus ^*  (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI); Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency (PFFD)

Indexed keywords

ACETABULUM; BONE DEFECT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMUR; FEMUR EPIPHYSIS; FEMUR MALFORMATION; HEMIMELIA; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSSIFICATION; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL FEMORAL FOCAL DEFICIENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARUS DEFORMITY;

ACETABULUM; BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIPHYSES; FEMUR; FEMUR HEAD; FIBULA; HALLUX VALGUS; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; TOES;

EID: 33845993282     PISSN: 00217646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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