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Posterior Approach for Double Nerve Transfer for Restoration of Shoulder Function in Upper Brachial Plexus Palsy

✍ Scribed by Stephen H. Colbert; Susan Mackinnon

Book ID: 107389577
Publisher: Springer-Verlag,Elsevier Science
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Weight: 295 KB
Volume: 1
Category: Article
ISSN: 1558-9447
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-006-9004-4

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