Case report: Dieterich's disease in a teenage boy

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 191-194

  Fette, Andreas Martin ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aseptic metacarpal head necrosis; Dieterich's disease; Teenage boy

Indexed keywords

IBUPROFEN; NAPROXEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC METACARPAL HEAD NECROSIS; BONE NECROSIS; BONE TRANSPLANTATION; CANCELLOUS BONE; CASE REPORT; CURETTAGE; CYST; DIETERICH DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MALE; METACARPOPHALANGEAL JOINT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCLEROSIS; SPLINT; TREATMENT DURATION; X RAY FILM;

ADOLESCENT; HUMANS; MALE; METACARPAL BONES; OSTEONECROSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 76649133762     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e32832fef16     Document Type: Article

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