Management of progressive genu varum in a patient with Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen syndrome

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  • Vladimir Kenis
  • Alexey Baindurashvili
  • Evgeniy Melchenko
  • Franz Grill
  • Ali Al Kaissi
چکیده

We describe the orthopaedic management of progressive genu varum in a child who manifested the full phenotypic characterization of Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen syndrome.

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دوره 9  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2011