Achondroplasia in female twins: Surgical indications

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics Part B

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-104

  Albisetti, Walter ^a   Pedretti, Leopoldo ^a   Bartolomeo, Omar De ^a   Verdoni, Fabio ^a   Memeo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Achondroplasia; lenghtening; treatment; twins

Indexed keywords

ACHONDROPLASIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA SHAFT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ACHONDROPLASIA; CHILD; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; ILIZAROV TECHNIQUE; OSTEOTOMY; TIBIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 79951681279     PISSN: 1060152X     EISSN: 14735865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BPB.0b013e328333aab0     Document Type: Article

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