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Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica Volume 64, 1993 - Issue 5
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Original Article

No effect of mop-ending on ligament healing: Rabbit studies of severed collateral knee ligaments

Dennis Chimich Joint Injury and Arthritis Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Cy Frank Joint Injury and Arthritis Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Nigel Shrive Joint Injury and Arthritis Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Joint Injury and Arthritis Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Robert Bray Joint Injury and Arthritis Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Graham King Joint Injury and Arthritis Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Donna McDonald Joint Injury and Arthritis Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Pages 587-591 | Received 24 Aug 1992, Accepted 24 Jan 1993, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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