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A Mouse Model of Ankle-Subtalar Complex Joint Instability
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Fixed subtalar subluxation in a pediatric patient: an unusual entity
Brian T Fitzgerald1, Bruce L Gillingham
1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California, USA.
American Journal of Orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)
|December 25, 2002
Abstract:
Atraumatic, fixed subluxation of the subtalar joint in the pediatric population has not been described. This report describes such a case in a skeletally immature boy.
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