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Intermittent pneumatic compression in fracture and soft-tissue injuries healing

Anil Khanna1, Nikolaos Gougoulias, Nicola Maffulli

  • 1Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Keele University School of Medicine, Thornburrow Drive, Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent, ST47QB Staffs, UK.

British Medical Bulletin
|July 4, 2008
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