Epidemiology of acute haematogenous osteomyelitis in children - A single unit's experience over three different time-periods

Acta Orthopaedica Belgica

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-86

  Shivarathre, Deepak ^a,b,c   George, Harvey ^a,b   Kaimal, Nisha ^a,b   James, Leroy ^a,b  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c WIRRAL UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute haematological osteomyelitis; Children; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 62149113707     PISSN: 00016462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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