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Orthopedic surgery in ancient Egypt

Patric BlomstedtDepartment of Pharmacology and Clinical Neuroscience, Umeå University, Sweden.Correspondence[email protected]
Pages 670-676 | Received 09 Apr 2014, Accepted 05 Jun 2014, Published online: 20 Aug 2014

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