Soft tissue injuries: Tendinitis and desmitis

Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 412-432

  Gillis, Carol ^a  

^a Equine Referral Practice   (United States)

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EID: 84942866180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-7020-2671-3.50024-6     Document Type: Chapter

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