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Why is my arm swollen?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 March 2015

Warren J. Cheung*
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital/University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
Bruce W.A. Cload
Affiliation:
Department of Emergency Medicine, Saskatoon Regional Health Authority, Saskatoon, SK
Dalibor Kubelik
Affiliation:
Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON
*
Department of Emergency Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital - Civic Campus, F Main, Room EM 206, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1Y 4E9; wjcheung@gmail.com

Abstract

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Type
Knowledge to Practice • Des connaissances à la pratique
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2013

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