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George F Wallace1, John J Stapleton

  • 1Podiatry Service, University Hospital-University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, 150 Bergen Street, A-226, Newark, NJ 07103, USA. WALLACGF@UMDNJ.edu

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