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Editorial
. 2008 Oct;42(4):365-7.
doi: 10.4103/0019-5413.43370.

Open fractures

Sudhir Babhulkar, H K T Raza
Editorial

Open fractures

Sudhir Babhulkar et al. Indian J Orthop. 2008 Oct.
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