Quadriceps tendon rupture and periosteal sleeve avulsion fracture of the proximal patella pole in an active adolescent

Orthopedics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1-2

  Bimmel, R ^a,b   Prime, M ^a   Reddy, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology ^*  (Belgium)

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EID: 84875820027     PISSN: 01477447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/01477447-20080701-01     Document Type: Article

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