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Original Article

Seinsheimer's classification of subtrochanteric fractures: Poor reproducibility of 4 observers' evaluation of 50 cases

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Pages 524-526 | Received 11 Oct 1996, Accepted 11 Jun 1997, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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