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A Novel Application of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Imaging
Published on: September 17, 2013
Multidisciplinary teaching of the musculoskeletal physical examination
Calvin L Chou1, Kimberly S Topp, Patricia O'Sullivan
1Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, CA 94121, USA. calvin.chou@ucsf.edu
Medical Education
|April 26, 2006
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