Microsurgical repair and secondary surgery in obstetrical brachial plexus palsy
✍ Scribed by Jörg Bahm; Hassan Noaman; Claudia Ocampo-Pavez
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 651 KB
- Volume
- 28
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-0130
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