Published in Ital J Pediatr on November 04, 2009
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Traumatic dislocation of the hip with separation of the capital epiphysis: 5 adolescent patients with 3-9 years of follow-up. Acta Orthop Scand (2003) 0.75
A new osteogenesis imperfecta with improvement over time maps to 11q. Am J Med Genet A (2008) 0.75