Occult fractures in the production of gait disturbance in childhood
Singer, J.; Towbin, R.
Pediatrics 64(2): 192-196
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0031-4005 PMID: 471609 Document Number: 154215
Trauma to the lower extremities is the principal cause of gait disturbance in early childhood. Three cases are presented to emphasize the relative frequency of children hospitalized for diagnostic evaluation of altered gait who have occult fractures. The cases may refresh the primary physician of the variables that serve as obstacles to accurate diagnosis.
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