Nomenclature for congenital skeletal limb deficiencies, a revision of the Frantz and O'Rahilly classification.

نویسندگان

  • Charles H. Frantz
  • Claude N. Lambert
  • Ronan O'Rahilly
چکیده

1 This study was conducted under a special grant from the Children's Bureau, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Report of the Consultants to the Subcommittee on Child Prosthetics Problems of the Committee on Prosthetics Research and Development: Cameron B. Hall, M.D., Los Angeles, Calif. Claude N. Lambert, M.D., Chicago, Ill. Ronan O'Rahilly, M.D., St. Louis, Mo. Chester A. Swinyard, M.D., Ph.D., New York, N.Y. Prepared by Robert L. Burtch, M.A., Research Scientist, Prosthetic and

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Artificial limbs

دوره 10 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1966