Flexion Contractures of the Knee in Haemophilia

The Haemophilic Joints: New Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 99-105

  Silva, M ^a   Luck, J V ^b,c  

^a JOINT REPLACEMENT INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Orthopedic Hospital   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexion contractures of the knee; Haemophilia; Pathophysiology; Phagocytosis; Physiotherapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955015733     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470986929.ch18     Document Type: Chapter

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