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Association between body mass index-for-age and slipped capital femoral epiphysis: the long-term risk for subsequent slip in patients followed until physeal closure

BACKGROUND: Children who present with idiopathic slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) have an increased risk of developing bilateral disease. Predicting which patients will develop problems with bilateral hips is important for determining treatment algorithms. This is a retrospective observation...

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Autores principales: Aversano, Michael W., Moazzaz, Payam, Scaduto, Anthony A., Otsuka, Norman Y.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4909646/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27095178
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11832-016-0731-y