Accelerated bone healing and excessive callus formation in patients with femoral fracture and head injury

Advances in Botanical Research

Volumn 43, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Giannoudis, P V ^a   Mushtaq, S ^a   Harwood, P ^a   Kambhampati, S ^a   Dimoutsos, M ^b   Stavrou, Z ^b   Pape, H C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone healing; Callus formation; Femoral fracture; Head injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846534267     PISSN: 00652296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2006.08.020     Document Type: Article

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