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Scandinavian Journal of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Hand Surgery Volume 29, 1995 - Issue 3
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Original Article

Fractures of the Distal Radius in a Norwegian City

Leiv M. Hove Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Haukeland University Hospitalt, Bergen, Norway; Bergen Accident and Emergency Department, Bergen Legevakt, Bergen, Norway
,
Knut Fjeldsgaard Bergen Accident and Emergency Department, Bergen Legevakt, Bergen, Norway
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Rolf Reitan Bergen Accident and Emergency Department, Bergen Legevakt, Bergen, Norway
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Ronald Skjeie Bergen Accident and Emergency Department, Bergen Legevakt, Bergen, Norway
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Finn K. Sörensen Bergen Accident and Emergency Department, Bergen Legevakt, Bergen, Norway
Pages 263-267 | Received 14 Jul 1994, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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