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Use of orthoses and orthopaedic technical devices in proximal spinal muscular atrophy. Results of survey in 194 SMA patients

Albert FujakDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, D-91054, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Carsten KopschinaDepartment of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Klinikum Nürnberg Süd, Nürnberg, D-90471, Germany
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Raimund ForstDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, D-91054, Germany
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Lutz Arne MuellerDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, D-91054, Germany
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Jürgen ForstDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, D-91054, Germany
Pages 305-311 | Accepted 01 Aug 2010, Published online: 12 Oct 2010

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