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CASE REPORT

Spontaneous “spaghetti” flexor tendon ruptures in the rheumatoid wrist

Hiroyuki HashizumeDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Science of Functional Recovery and Reconstruction, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Keiichiro NishidaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Science of Functional Recovery and Reconstruction, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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Kazuo FujiwaraDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Science of Functional Recovery and Reconstruction, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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Hajime InoueDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Science of Functional Recovery and Reconstruction, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, 2-5-1 Shikata-cho, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
Pages 257-259 | Received 11 Sep 2003, Accepted 04 Mar 2004, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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