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HEMIHYPERTROPHY WITH HEMISHORTENING
Author(s) -
Keipert James A.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1973.tb130016.x
Subject(s) - hemihypertrophy , girl , medicine , anatomy , psychology , surgery , developmental psychology
A girl with hemihypertrophy had, paradoxically, shortening of the limbs on the hypertrophied side of the body, sufficient in degree to require epi‐ physiodesis to try to equalize the length of the legs. No previous report of this syndrome has been found.