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Research Article| Volume 20, ISSUE 3, PS57-S60, May 1995

Factitious injuries of the upper extremity

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    1 From the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, and the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; and the Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
    Morton L. Kasdan
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    Reprint requests: Morton L. Kasadan, MD, 4006 Dupont Circle, PO Box 6048, Louisville, KY 40206, USA.
    Footnotes
    1 From the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, and the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; and the Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
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    Louisville, KY, USA
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    1 From the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, and the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; and the Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
    John T. Stutts
    Footnotes
    1 From the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, and the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; and the Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
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    Nashville, TN, USA
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    1 From the University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, and the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY; and the Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
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