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Original Scientific Reports

Closed tendon rupture as a result of Kienböck disease

Tomoyuki Niwa Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, NaganoCorrespondenceairskape1@ yahoo.co.jp
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Shigeharu Uchiyama Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano
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Hiroshi Yamazaki Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano
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Toshihiko Kasashima Department of Orthopaedics, Sapporo Kousei Hospital, Sapporo, Hokkaido
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Akira Tsuchikane Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Showa Inan Hospital, Komagane, Nagano, Japan
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Hiroyuki Kato Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Nagano
Pages 59-63 | Accepted 11 Aug 2009, Published online: 22 Oct 2010

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