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JBJS Case Connect. 2012 Jul-Sep;2(3):e42. doi: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.K.00171.

A Transphyseal Fracture of the Nonossified Proximal Femoral Epiphysis as a Result of Child Abuse: A Case Report.

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Bayard C Carlson, Walter O Carlson, Keith M Baumgarten

Affiliations

  1. Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 303 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611-3008.
  2. Orthopedic Institute, 810 East 23rd Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57108. [email protected].

PMID: 29252540 DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.CC.K.00171

[No abstract available.]

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