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HISTORICAL NOTE

Arpad Gerster and Max Thorek Contributions to American Surgery

, MD, PhD, FACS
Pages 162-166 | Received 28 Jan 2009, Accepted 10 Mar 2009, Published online: 13 Aug 2009

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