Case of the month. Thoracic outlet syndrome—A functional disturbance of the thoracic upper aperture?
✍ Scribed by Dr. Karl-August Lindgren; Dr. Hannu Manninen; Dr. Hannu Rytkönen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 534 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
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