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Anterior Slipping of the Capital Femoral Epiphysis REPORT OF A CASE
STANLEY L. KAMPNER; H. ANDREW WISSINGER
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From the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical School and Children's Hospital, Pittsburgh
1972 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Incorporated
The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.  1972; 54:1531-1536 
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Abstract

The case of a white boy, fourteen and a half years old, who sustained an anterior slipping of the capital femoral epiphysis is reported. A thorough review of the literature failed to reveal any previous reports of this type of slipping. The mechanism of injury is discussed.

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