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Case Reports

Partial laceration of the flexor tendon as an unusual cause of trigger finger

Tadashi OkanoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine
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Noriaki Hidaka Yodogawa Christian Hospital, Osaka, Japan
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Hiroaki NakamuraDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of MedicineCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 248-251 | Accepted 29 May 2008, Published online: 09 Dec 2011

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