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Original Article

Increased mortality after fracture of the surgical neck of the humerus
A case-control study of 253 patients with a 12-year follow-up

Christian Olsson Department of Orthopedics, Malmo University Hospital, SE-205 02 Malmo, Sweden
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Claes Petersson Department of Orthopedics, Malmo University Hospital, SE-205 02 Malmo, Sweden
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Anders Nordquist Department of Orthopedics, Malmo University Hospital, SE-205 02 Malmo, Sweden
Pages 714-717 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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