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Comment
. 2015 Sep;7(3):422-3.
doi: 10.4055/cios.2015.7.3.422. Epub 2015 Aug 13.

Concealing Block Sizes Is Not Sufficient

Vance W Berger  1 , Xin He  2
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Concealing Block Sizes Is Not Sufficient

Vance W Berger et al. Clin Orthop Surg. 2015 Sep.
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