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Review
. 1998 Apr 4;316(7137):1086-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.316.7137.1086.

Surgery and loss of body parts

P Maguire  1 , C M Parkes
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Surgery and loss of body parts

P Maguire et al. BMJ. .
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