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Register studies

Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease and the risk of injuries requiring hospitalization

A register study involving 2579 patients

Yasmin D HailerDepartment of Orthopaedics, Uppsala University Hospital, UppsalaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Scott MontgomeryClinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm;Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro University, Örebro
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Anders EkbomClinical Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
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Olof NilssonDepartment of Orthopaedics, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala
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Shahram BahmanyarClinical Epidemiology Unit & Center for Pharmacoepidemiology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;Faculty of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
Pages 572-576 | Received 07 Dec 2011, Accepted 01 Feb 2012, Published online: 09 Oct 2012

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