Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 19-22 , March 2008

Avascular Necrosis of the Shoulder

  • Ron Hollis, MD
    • ,
  • Ken Yamaguchi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Ken Yamaguchi, MD, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 660 East Euclid, St. Louis, MO 63110.

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PII: S1045-4527(07)00110-1

doi: 10.1053/j.sart.2007.12.031

Seminars in Arthroplasty
Volume 19, Issue 1 , Pages 19-22 , March 2008

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