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Research Article| Volume 20, ISSUE 3, PS61-S67, May 1995

War wounds of the hand revisited

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    1 From the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
    Paul W. Brown
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    1 From the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
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    Fairfield, CT, USA
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    1 From the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
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