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Review
. 2018 Aug;6(8):e1.
doi: 10.2106/JBJS.RVW.17.00161.

Relationship Between the Critical Shoulder Angle and Shoulder Disease

Xinning Li  1 , Nathan Olszewski  1 , Hussein Abdul-Rassoul  1 , Emily J Curry  1 , Joseph W Galvin  2 , Josef K Eichinger  3
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Relationship Between the Critical Shoulder Angle and Shoulder Disease

Xinning Li et al. JBJS Rev. 2018 Aug.
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