Familial slipped upper femoral epiphysis.
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The inheritance of slipped upper femoral epiphysis.
Two hundred and fourteen cases ofslipped upper femoral epiphysis were reviewed. Fourteen families provided more than one case, and in 23 other families the index case had one or more close relatives with osteoarthritis of the hip, six of whom had probably suffered from a slipped epiphysis. The mode of inheritance is discussed and is thought to be an autosomal dominant with variable penetrance i...
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume
دوره 49 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1967