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. 1959 Nov;150(5):895–903. doi: 10.1097/00000658-195911000-00014

A Re-evaluation of the Pathogenesis of Pilonidal Sinus *

Richard A Raffman
PMCID: PMC1613439  PMID: 14435821

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