Takeshita, Katsushi MD*; Peterson, Erik T.K. BS†; Bylski-Austrow, Donita PhD†; Crawford, Alvin H. MD, FACS†; Nakamura, Kozo MD*
From the *Department of Orthopedic Surgery, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; and the †Department of Orthopaedics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Acknowledgment date: August 28, 2003. First revision date: December 15, 2003. Acceptance date: December 22, 2003.
The manuscript submitted does not contain information about medical device(s)/drug(s).
Institutional funds were received in support of this work. No benefits in any form have been or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this manuscript.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Donita Bylski-Austrow, PhD, Department of Orthopaedics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039; E-mail: [email protected]