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Case Report

Persistent median artery in the carpal tunnel and anastomosis with superficial palmar arch

Dariush BijannejadDepartment of anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences (AJUMS), Ahvaz,Iran;
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Saeed AzandehDepartment of anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences (AJUMS), Ahvaz,Iran;
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Fatemeh JavadniaDepartment of anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapour University of Medical Sciences (AJUMS), Ahvaz,Iran;
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Mohammad Reza GholamiDepartment of anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Lorestan University of Medical Sciences, Khorram Abad,Iran;
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Anneh Mohammad GharraviSchool of Medicine, Shahroud University of Medical Sciences, Shahroud, Iran; Correspondence[email protected]
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Mohsen zhalehDepartment of anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran
Pages 25-27 | Received 11 Dec 2015, Accepted 13 Mar 2016, Published online: 18 Apr 2016

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