Surgical treatment of impending and pathological fractures of tibia
β Scribed by Piccioli, A.; Maccauro, G.; Scaramuzzo, L.; Graci, C.; Spinelli, M.S.
- Book ID
- 121494297
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 880 KB
- Volume
- 44
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-1383
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