Conservative treatment of fractures of the clavicle

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages

  De Giorgi, Silvana ^a   Notarnicola, Angela ^a   Tafuri, Silvio ^a   Solarino, Giuseppe ^a   Moretti, Lorenzo ^a   Moretti, Biagio ^a  

^a POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

clavicle; conservative treatment; Fracture; shortening

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052563316     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-4-333     Document Type: Article

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