Surgeon-operated ultrasonography in a one-stop shoulder clinic
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عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0035-8843,1478-7083
DOI: 10.1308/147870811x13137608454939