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Original Scientific Reports

Dog bite injuries to the hand

Marianne Nygaard Department of Hand Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lars B. Dahlin Department of Hand Surgery, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
Pages 96-101 | Accepted 15 Dec 2010, Published online: 19 Apr 2011

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