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Meralgia Paresthetica due to Fracture of Anterior Superior Iliac Spine in an Adolescent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 May 2015

Ozkan Kose
Affiliation:
Consultant Surgeon, Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, Diyarbakir State Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Selahattin Ozyurek
Affiliation:
Consultant Surgeon, Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department, Izmir Military Hospital, Izmir, Turkey

Abstract

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Type
Letters • Correspondance
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians 2009

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