Incidence and ossification of sesamoid bones in the hands and feet: A radiographic study in an Arab population

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 416-423

  Dharap, Amol Sharad ^a   Al Hashimi, H ^b   Kassab, S ^a   Abu Hijleh, M F ^a  

^a ARABIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Bahrain)

^b SALMANIYA MEDICAL COMPLEX   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Foot; Hand; Incidence; Population variation; Sesamoid bones

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; CHILD; EMBRYO; FOOT RADIOGRAPHY; HAND BONE; HAND RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERPHALANGEAL JOINT; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NORMAL HUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SESAMOID BONE; THUMB;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARABS; BAHRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; FOOT; HAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; METATARSOPHALANGEAL JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; SESAMOID BONES; TOE JOINT;

EID: 34247228588     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20378     Document Type: Article

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