Anterior cruciate ligament tears in children

Surgeon

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 59-62

  Maffulli, Nicola ^a   Del Buono, Angelo ^b  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate Ligament; Children; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; CHILD; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES;

EID: 84875273217     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surge.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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