Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome of the knee following meniscectomy
β Scribed by Hong Joon Kim; Franklin Kozin; Roger P. Johnson; Robert Hines
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1979
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 998 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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