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6 - Extremity Complaints

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2017

Rebecca Jeanmonod
Affiliation:
St Luke's University Health Network
Shellie L. Asher
Affiliation:
Albany Medical Center
Blake Spirko
Affiliation:
Baystate Medical Center
Denis R. Pauze
Affiliation:
Albany Medical Center
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Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Chief Complaints and Differential Diagnosis
, pp. 121 - 146
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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