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Proximal femoral focal deficiency – a rare congenital entity: two case reports and a review of the literature

BACKGROUND: Proximal femoral focal deficiency is an extremely rare congenital anomaly with an incidence of 1.1–2.0 in 100,000 live births. It is a dysplastic phenomenon with predilections for the proximal two-thirds of the femur leading to limb length discrepancies. We report two cases of proximal f...

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Autores principales: Uduma, Felix U., Dim, Edwin M., Njeze, Ngozi R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7001305/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32019581
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13256-020-2350-y