What’s Eating Your Wishbone? Sternoclavicular Septic Arthritis with Osteomyelitis
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Supervising Section Editor: Sean O. Henderson, MD Submission history: Submitted February 27, 2012; Accepted March 8, 2012 Full text available through open access at http://escholarship.org/uc/uciem_westjem DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2012.3.11973 [West J Emerg Med. 2012;13(6):497-498] Jeri K. Rose, DO* Daniel Roberts, MD† Michael Simmons, MD† JPS Health Network, Department of Emergency Medicine, Fort Worth, Texas CHRISTUS Spohn Hospital-Memorial, Department of Emergency Medicine Corpus Christi, Texas
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