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[Fulkerson osteotomy in patients with patellofemoral pain and malalignment]

Clemente Ibarra Ponce de León1, Paúl Patiño Robles, Arturo Almazán Díaz

  • 1Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación, Avenida México-Xochimilco 289, Colonia Arenal de Guadalupe C.P. 14389. cibarra@inr.gob.mx

Acta Ortopedica Mexicana
|August 19, 2007
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