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THE purpose of this paper is to establish the incidence of osteochondritis dissecans in the age group in which it is known to occur most commonly. In the services, the majority of men are ag~d 18-30 years and thereby constitute this age group. The total number of men reporting sick, whose signs and symptoms required a radiograph of a particular joint, were taken as the index for com.parison. Fo...

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