Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 48-55 , July 2003

Validation of the Ottawa Knee Rule in children: A multicenter study

Presented as a platform presentation at the Pediatric Academic Society annual meeting, Seattle, WA, May 2003.

Received 16 October 2002 ,Revised 18 February 2003 ,Accepted 10 March 2003.

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☆ This study was funded by a grant from the Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba, Inc.

☆☆ Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(03)00268-3

doi: 10.1067/mem.2003.196

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 48-55 , July 2003

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