Femoral torsion in patients with Blount's disease: A previously unrecognised component

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1388-1393

  Aird, J J ^a   Hogg, A ^a,b   Rollinson, P ^a  

^a Ngwelezana Hospital   (South Africa)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOUNT DISEASE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BONE DISEASES, DEVELOPMENTAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOTOMY; TORSION ABNORMALITY;

EID: 70349658739     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B10.22554     Document Type: Article

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