Chance Fracture Secondary to a Healed Kyphotic Compression Osteoporotic Fracture
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عنوان ژورنال: Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1985-2533,1985-2533
DOI: 10.5704/moj.0911.010