Principles of fracture treatment

Equine Surgery

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1000-1029

  Auer, Jörg A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84882424746     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B1-41-600123-9/50083-8     Document Type: Chapter

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