The virtues of blunt suture needles

Contemporary Ob/Gyn

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 38-39

  Perlow, Jordan H ^a  

^a BANNER GOOD SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 33845741182     PISSN: 00903159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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