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Kerstin Reidy1, Brigitte Brand, Bernhard Jost

  • 1Department of Orthopedics, Balgrist, University of Zurich, Forchstrasse 340, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland.

The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume
|February 4, 2010
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