Assessment and management of the orthopedic and other complications of Proteus syndrome

Journal of Children's Orthopaedics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 319-327

  Tosi, Laura L ^a,b   Sapp, Julie C ^b   Allen, Elizabeth S ^a   O'Keefe, Regis J ^c   Biesecker, Leslie G ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Limb length inequality; Overgrowth; Proteus syndrome; Scoliosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053132881     PISSN: 18632521     EISSN: 18632548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11832-011-0350-6     Document Type: Review

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