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Research Article| Volume 20, ISSUE 3, PS46-S52, May 1995

History of flexor tendon repair

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    1 From the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, and Indiana University/Purdue University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, the Baltic-American Medical and Surgical Clinic, Vilnius, Lithuania, and the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Akron, OH.
    Harold E. Kleinert
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    1 From the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, and Indiana University/Purdue University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, the Baltic-American Medical and Surgical Clinic, Vilnius, Lithuania, and the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Akron, OH.
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    Louisville, KY, USA
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  • Author Footnotes
    1 From the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, and Indiana University/Purdue University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, the Baltic-American Medical and Surgical Clinic, Vilnius, Lithuania, and the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Akron, OH.
    Saulius Špokevičius
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    1 From the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, and Indiana University/Purdue University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, the Baltic-American Medical and Surgical Clinic, Vilnius, Lithuania, and the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Akron, OH.
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    Vilnius, Lithuania, USA
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  • Author Footnotes
    1 From the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, and Indiana University/Purdue University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, the Baltic-American Medical and Surgical Clinic, Vilnius, Lithuania, and the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Akron, OH.
    Nicholas H. Papas
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    1 From the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, and Indiana University/Purdue University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, the Baltic-American Medical and Surgical Clinic, Vilnius, Lithuania, and the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Akron, OH.
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    Akron, OH, USA
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  • Author Footnotes
    1 From the University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, and Indiana University/Purdue University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, the Baltic-American Medical and Surgical Clinic, Vilnius, Lithuania, and the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Akron, OH.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0363-5023(95)80169-3
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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0363-5023(95)80169-3

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