Conservative versus surgical treatment of late-onset Legg-Calve-Perthes disease: A radiographic comparison at skeletal maturity

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-25

  Arkader, Alexandre ^a   Sankar, Wudbhav N ^a   Amorim, Romildo Merçon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Souza Marques School of Medicine   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hiposteochondrosis; Late onset; Legg Calve Perthes; Perthes disease

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349089491     PISSN: 18632521     EISSN: 18632548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11832-008-0151-8     Document Type: Article

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