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Knee Surgery and Related Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 199-206

  Kim, Tae Kyun ^a   Chang, Moon Jong ^b   Kim, Seok Jin ^c   Song, Young Dong ^a   Kim, Sei Kyoung ^a  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c Sinwoo Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Clinical pathways; Health care providers; Knee

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006641445     PISSN: 22340726     EISSN: 22342451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5792/ksrr.2014.26.4.199     Document Type: Article

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