Absent flexor pollicis longus: Case report with review of literature

Hand

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 74-77

  Suresh, S S ^a,b   Abraham, Raju ^a   Kumar, S Santhosh ^a  

^a Ibri Regional Referral Hospital   (Oman)

^b NONE   (Oman)

Author keywords

Congenital anomaly; Flexorpollicis longus; Oman; Tendon; Thumb

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749173611     PISSN: 15589447     EISSN: 15589455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11552-008-9106-2     Document Type: Article

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