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Original Articles: Rheumatoid Arthritis

A high incidence of extensor pollicis brevis insertion into the distal phalanx in rheumatoid arthritis patients who required the surgical reconstruction for thumb boutonnière deformity

Shunji OkitaDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan;
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Keiichiro NishidaDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan; Correspondence[email protected]
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Aiji OhtsukaDepartment of Human Morphology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
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Toshifumi OzakiDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan;
Pages 954-958 | Received 27 Jul 2018, Accepted 24 Sep 2018, Published online: 03 Jan 2019

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