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Acta Orthopaedica Volume 85, 2014 - Issue 2
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Hip and knee

Where is the neck?

Alpha angle measurement revisited

Heinse BoumaDepartments of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haga Hospital, the Hague, the Netherlands.Correspondence[email protected]
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Niels-Jan SlotDepartments of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haga Hospital, the Hague, the Netherlands.
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Paul ToogoodDepartments of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California San Francisco, CA, USA.
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Tom PollardDepartments of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, UK.
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Paulien van KampenDepartments of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haga Hospital, the Hague, the Netherlands.
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Tom HogervorstDepartments of Orthopaedic Surgery, Haga Hospital, the Hague, the Netherlands.
Pages 147-151 | Received 14 Aug 2013, Accepted 23 Jan 2014, Published online: 20 Mar 2014

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