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[Achilles tendon disorders: etiology and management]

Jean-Luc Ziltener1, Sandra Leal, Maxime Grosclaude

  • 1Unité de médecine physique et rééducation orthopédique, Service d'orthopédie, Département de chirurgie, HUG, 1211 Genève 14. jean-luc.ziltener@hcuge.ch

Revue Medicale Suisse
|April 23, 2011
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