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Education and Debate Clinical Lesson

An unexpected temporary suppression of lactation after a local corticosteroid injection for tenosynovitis

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Pages 248-250 | Received 05 Feb 2013, Accepted 19 Apr 2013, Published online: 03 Jul 2013

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