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Growth pattern of genu varum and valgum in Indian tribal children of Jharkhand state

 

Dhananjay Kumar1, Shanmukha Varalakshmi Vangara2*, Patnaik V V Gopichand3, Nidhi Puri4

 

1,2Assistant Professor, Shri Ram Murthi Smarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhojipura, Bareilly, U.P, INDIA.

3Professor and Dean, Mamata Medical College and Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, INDIA.

4Professor, Dr Yashwant Singh Parmar Government Medical College Nahan, Himachal Pradesh, INDIA.

Email: lakshmidhananjay@gmail.com

 

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