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Original Scientific Reports

Clinical outcome of the chronic flexor tenosynovitis in the hand caused by non-tuberculous mycobacterium treated by extensive tenosynovectomy and drugs

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Pages 434-437 | Accepted 07 Nov 2012, Published online: 23 Jul 2013

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