Sever's disease: What does the literature really tell us?

Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 212-223

  Scharfbillig, Rolf W ^a   Jones, Sara ^a   Scutter, Sheila D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 45549108013     PISSN: 87507315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7547/0980212     Document Type: Article

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