Subperiosteal abscess in a child. Trueta's osteomyelitis hypothesis undermined?
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عنوان ژورنال: Orthopaedics & Traumatology: Surgery & Research
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1877-0568
DOI: 10.1016/j.otsr.2015.07.005