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. 1992 Mar;26(1):7–14. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.26.1.7

Partial and complete ruptures of the Achilles tendon and local corticosteroid injections.

F Mahler, D Fritschy
PMCID: PMC1478973  PMID: 1600461

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