Slipped capital femoral epiphysis

Pediatric Orthopedic Surgical Emergencies

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 203-232

  Glavas, Panagiotis Peter ^a   Horn, B David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital; Epiphysis; Femoral; SCFE; Slipped; Stable; Unstable

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885031112     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-8005-2_13     Document Type: Chapter

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