Duarte-Salazar C, Peralta-Cruz S, Marín-Arriaga N, Santillán-Chapa CG

Language: Spanish
References: 10
Page: 131-134
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ABSTRACT

We report a case in a 10 year-old boy with juvenile dermatomyositis and calcinosis universalis complicated with severe joint contractures; in which we performed knee flexor tenotomy to revert disability to walk

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