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Chapter 15 - Physis and leg length discrepancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2014

By
Tim Nunn  and
Stan Jones
Edited by
Sattar Alshryda ,
Stan Jones  and
Paul A. Banaszkiewicz
Tim Nunn
Affiliation:
Sheffield Children’s Hospital
Stan Jones
Affiliation:
Sheffield Children’s Hospital
Sattar Alshryda
Affiliation:
Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
Stan Jones
Affiliation:
Sheffield Children’s Hospital
Paul A. Banaszkiewicz
Affiliation:
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead
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Postgraduate Paediatric Orthopaedics
The Candidate's Guide to the FRCS (Tr and Orth) Examination
 , pp. 231 - 239
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2014

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