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Clinical significance of cervical MRI in brachial plexus birth injury

Petra GrahnNew Children’s Hospital, HUS Helsinki University Hospital, Department of Children’s Orthopedics and Traumatology, Helsinki; Correspondence[email protected]
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Tiina PöyhiäHUS Medical Imaging Center, HUS Helsinki University Hospital, Department of Radiology, Helsinki, Finland
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Antti SommarhemNew Children’s Hospital, HUS Helsinki University Hospital, Department of Children’s Orthopedics and Traumatology, Helsinki;
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Yrjänä NietosvaaraNew Children’s Hospital, HUS Helsinki University Hospital, Department of Children’s Orthopedics and Traumatology, Helsinki;
Pages 111-118 | Published online: 23 Jan 2019

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