Pediatric Orthopedics in Practice
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Fritz Hefti
Pediatric Orthopedics in Practice Co-Authors: Reinald Brunner, Carol C. Hasler, Gernot Jundt Freehand drawings: Franz Freuler Schematic drawings by the author
Translated into English from the German by Robert Hinchliffe, Lörrach
With 679 Figures (and 1164 individual Illustrations), 79 Cartoons and 121 Tables
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Fritz Hefti, M.D., Professor
In collaboration with:
Chief, Pediatric Orthopaedic Department Children’s Hospital, University of Basel (UKBB) P.O. Box, 4005 Basel, Switzerland email: [email protected]
Reinald Brunner, M.D., Associate Professor Neuroorthopaedics, Pediatric Orthopaedic Department Children’s Hospital, University of Basel (UKBB) P.O. Box, 4005 Basel, Switzerland email: [email protected]
Franz Freuler, M.D. Orthopaedic Surgeon Ruemelinbachweg 16, 4054 Basel, Switzerland
Carol Hasler, M.D. Traumatoloy, Pediatric Orthopaedic Department Children’s Hospital, University of Basel (UKBB) P.O. Box, 4005 Basel, Switzerland email: [email protected]
Gernot Jundt, M.D., Associate Professor Basel Bone Tumor Reference Center Institute of Pathology, University of Basel Schoenbeinstrasse 40, 4056 Basel, Switzerland email: [email protected]
ISBN-13
978-3-540-69963-7 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York
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