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. 2003 Jun;37(3):207–211. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.37.3.207

Acetabular labrum and its tears

A Narvani 1, E Tsiridis 1, C Tai 1, P Thomas 1
PMCID: PMC1724637  PMID: 12782544

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