Osteopetrosis - A challenge for the orthopaedic surgeon

South African Journal of Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 131-133

  Cadosch, Dieter ^a   Gautschi, Oliver P ^a   Brockamp, Thomas ^a   Zellweger, René ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBERS SCHOENBERG DISEASE; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BONE PLATE; CASE REPORT; FEMUR FRACTURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; HUMERUS FRACTURE; INTRAMEDULLARY NAILING; MALE; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS FRACTURE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ULNA FRACTURE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BONE PLATES; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOREARM INJURIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTRAMEDULLARY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; MALE; OSTEOPETROSIS; RADIUS FRACTURES; ULNA FRACTURES;

EID: 75449085188     PISSN: 00382361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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