Sport Preparticipation Screening for Asymptomatic Atlantoaxial Instability in Patients With Down Syndrome
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1050-642X
DOI: 10.1097/jsm.0000000000000642