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Matthew W Squire1, Craig J Della Valle, Javad Parvizi

  • 1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792-3228, USA. squire@ortho.wisc.edu

AJR. American Journal of Roentgenology
|March 24, 2011
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