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The reliability of the American Knee Society Score

Raymond Y L Liow Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Hartlepool General Hospital, Hartlepool, Cleveland TS24 9AH, U.K. Correspondence: Mr. Raymond Y L Liow, 39 Bradman Drive, Riverside, Chester-le-Street, County Durham, DH3 3QS, U.K. Tel +44 191 389 2496. E-mail: [email protected]
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Karen Walker Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Hartlepool General Hospital, Hartlepool, Cleveland TS24 9AH, U.K. Correspondence: Mr. Raymond Y L Liow, 39 Bradman Drive, Riverside, Chester-le-Street, County Durham, DH3 3QS, U.K. Tel +44 191 389 2496. E-mail: [email protected]
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Mohammad A Wajid Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Hartlepool General Hospital, Hartlepool, Cleveland TS24 9AH, U.K. Correspondence: Mr. Raymond Y L Liow, 39 Bradman Drive, Riverside, Chester-le-Street, County Durham, DH3 3QS, U.K. Tel +44 191 389 2496. E-mail: [email protected]
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Gurinder Bedi Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Hartlepool General Hospital, Hartlepool, Cleveland TS24 9AH, U.K. Correspondence: Mr. Raymond Y L Liow, 39 Bradman Drive, Riverside, Chester-le-Street, County Durham, DH3 3QS, U.K. Tel +44 191 389 2496. E-mail: [email protected]
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Catherine M E Lennox Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Hartlepool General Hospital, Hartlepool, Cleveland TS24 9AH, U.K. Correspondence: Mr. Raymond Y L Liow, 39 Bradman Drive, Riverside, Chester-le-Street, County Durham, DH3 3QS, U.K. Tel +44 191 389 2496. E-mail: [email protected]
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