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Reliable X-ray diagnosis of slipped capital femoral epiphysis by combining the conventional and a new simplified geometrical method
Background: The diagnosis of subtle slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE), for example in the contralateral asymptomatic hip, may require use of an exactly defined and reproducible lateral vie...
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Does a single device prevent further slip** of the epiphysis in children with slipped capital femoral epiphysis?
All 170 patients (212 hips) treated between 1946 and 1992 for slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE) with fixation in situ with a single device were reviewed to evaluate the incidence of further slip** of ...
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Article
External rotational positioning of the leg after intertrochanteric combined varus-derotational osteotomy in Perthes' disease
A 13-year-old boy underwent an intertrochanteric combined varus derotational osteotomy (VDO) for Perthes' disease of his right hip. After surgery he walked with his right leg externally rotated. Computed tomog...
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Chapter
Molecular Genetics as a Tool in Clinical Transplantation
After the discovery of the HLA region in the mid 1960s and the observation that kidney grafts exchanged between HLA-identical sibs had excellent survival, national, and international graft exchange programs we...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
HLA Class II Polymorphism: Restriction Fragment Patterns Correlated to Ninth Workshop Serology and Function
Recent studies have vastly expanded our knowledge of MHC gene organization and structure [for review see 6, 7, 13]. The HLA class II gene map is presently thought to contain at least three DRβ, one DRα, two DQβ t...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
HLA-DR and DQ, Studied with Genomic Blotting, in Diabetic Families and Transplant Donor-Recipient Pairs
The DNA-DNA hybridization technique was employed to investigate the possible role of HLA class II genes other than DR in clinical kidney and bone marrow transplantation. Using cDNA probes corresponding to the ...