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Case report| Volume 22, ISSUE 2, P149-150, March 1991

Fracture of the first rib: an uncommon throwing injury

  • R.S. Moore
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    Requests for reprints should be addressed to: R. S. Moore frcsed, Department of Anaesthesia, Macclesfield District General Hospital, Macclesfield, Cheshire SK10 3BL, UK.
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    Accident and Emergency Department, Royal Liverpool Children's Hospital (Alder Hey), UK
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-1383(91)90079-T
Fracture of the first rib: an uncommon throwing injury
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      Accepted: August 16, 1990

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-1383(91)90079-T

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      © 1991 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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