PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 7 , Pages 691-693 , July 2009

A Non-Traumatic Stress Fracture of the Tibial Plateau

  • Simonetta Sambataro, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center, New York, NY‡
    • ,
  • Christina Maria Gonzaga, DO

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, St. Vincent's Catholic Medical Center, 170 W. 12th Street, New York, NY 10011†
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: C.M.G.

Received 21 January 2009 ,Accepted 14 May 2009.

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PII: S1934-1482(09)00515-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2009.05.005

PM&R
Volume 1, Issue 7 , Pages 691-693 , July 2009

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