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Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1991; 4(01): 16-20
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1633244
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The Evolution of the Understanding of Bone Healing

R. M. McLaughlin Jr.
1   From the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada NIG 2W1
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Received for publication 15 August 1990

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