Management of femoral neck fractures in young adults

Indian Journal of Orthopaedics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-12

  Ly, Thuan V ^a   Swiontkowski, Marc F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Femoral neck fracture; Young adult

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349117106     PISSN: 00195413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5413.38574     Document Type: Article

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