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Published on: November 1, 2007
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1Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021 USA.
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AnesthesiologyImaging / RadiologyMedicine & Public HealthOrthopedicsRheumatologySports MedicineSurgical Orthopedics