Description and evaluation of operative deformity correction in calcium-deficiency rickets in Kaduna, northern Nigeria

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 653-658

  Wesselsky, Viktor ^a,b   Kitz, Christa ^c   Jakob, Franz ^b   Eulert, Jochen ^b   Raab, Peter ^b  

^a Evangelisches Waldkrankenhaus Spandau   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c Medical Mission Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium deficiency; Correction; Deformity; Nigeria; Osteotomy; Rickets

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CALCIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CALCIUM DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT LAXITY; LEG MALFORMATION; MALE; NERVE LESION; NIGERIA; OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RICKETS; RURAL AREA; SURGICAL INFECTION; VALGUS DEFORMITY; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS DEFORMITY; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DEFICIENCY; EVALUATION STUDY; LEG BONE; METABOLISM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CALCIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEG BONES; MALE; NIGERIA; OSTEOTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RICKETS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938542959     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: 14325195     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-015-2911-7     Document Type: Article

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