Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages e55-e56 , September 2010

Osteochondral lesion of the talus in homozygous twins—The question of heredity

  • Rodney B. Hammett, FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Frenchay Hospital, Frenchay Park Road, Bristol BS16 1LE, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Frenchay Hospital, North Bristol NHS Trust, Department of Orthopaedics, Frenchay Park Road, Bristol, Avon BS32 1LA, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 0117 9701212; fax: +44 0117 9186641.
    • ,
  • Terence S. Saxby, FRACS

      Affiliations

    • Brisbane Private Hospital, 259 Wickham Terrace, Brisbane, Queensland 4000, Australia

Received 27 October 2009 ,Revised 28 February 2010 ,Accepted 2 March 2010.

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PII: S1268-7731(10)00036-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2010.03.004

Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages e55-e56 , September 2010

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