The role of protein C deficiency in the etiology of Perthes disease

Ortopedia Traumatologia Rehabilitacja

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 274-278

  Matos, Marcos Almeida ^a,b  

^a ESCOLA BAHIANA DE MEDICINA E SAÚDE PÚBLICA   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bone; Necrosis; Perthes; Thrombophilia

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C;

ARTICLE; AVASCULAR NECROSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; FEMUR HEAD NECROSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; PATHOGENESIS; PERTHES DISEASE; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; THROMBOPHILIA; BLOOD; CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

CHILD; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; LEGG-PERTHES DISEASE; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 54049088567     PISSN: 15093492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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