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. 1994 Nov;70(829):785–789. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.70.829.785

Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndromes.

J D Urschel 1, S M Hameed 1, R P Grewal 1
PMCID: PMC2397816  PMID: 7824410

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