Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 15-18 , March 2008

Surgical Considerations in Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Shoulder

  • Konrad I. Gruson, MD
    • ,
  • Evan L. Flatow, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Evan L. Flatow, MD, Mount Sinai Hospital, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 5 East 98th Street, Box 1188, New York, NY 10029.

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 Work conducted at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY.

PII: S1045-4527(07)00090-9

doi: 10.1053/j.sart.2007.12.008

Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 15-18 , March 2008

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