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Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica Volume 71, 2000 - Issue 3
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Translation and validation of the Oxford-12 Item Knee Score for use in Sweden

Michael J Dunbar Department of Orthopaedics, Lund University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden. Tel +46 46-17 15 10. Fax -17 71 67. Correspondence: Dr. Michael J. Dunbar, Suite 4882, Division of Orthopaedics, QE II Health Sciences Centre, New Halifax Infirmary Hospital Site, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3A7, Canada. Fax +1 902 443 9987
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Otto Robertsson Department of Orthopaedics, Lund University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden. Tel +46 46-17 15 10. Fax -17 71 67. Correspondence: Dr. Michael J. Dunbar, Suite 4882, Division of Orthopaedics, QE II Health Sciences Centre, New Halifax Infirmary Hospital Site, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3A7, Canada. Fax +1 902 443 9987
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Leif Ryd Department of Orthopaedics, Lund University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden. Tel +46 46-17 15 10. Fax -17 71 67. Correspondence: Dr. Michael J. Dunbar, Suite 4882, Division of Orthopaedics, QE II Health Sciences Centre, New Halifax Infirmary Hospital Site, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3A7, Canada. Fax +1 902 443 9987
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Lars Lidgren Department of Orthopaedics, Lund University Hospital, SE-221 85 Lund, Sweden. Tel +46 46-17 15 10. Fax -17 71 67. Correspondence: Dr. Michael J. Dunbar, Suite 4882, Division of Orthopaedics, QE II Health Sciences Centre, New Halifax Infirmary Hospital Site, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3A7, Canada. Fax +1 902 443 9987
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