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J Hand Microsurg 2011; 03(01): 25-27
DOI: 10.1007/s12593-010-0022-7
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Digital Metastasis Presenting as Infection

Vasileios Kontogeorgakos
1   Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, General Hospital of Volos, Polymeri 134, Volos 38222, Greece   Email: vaskonto@gmail.com
,
Anastasios Korompilias
2   Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, 45110, Greece
,
Miltiadis Georgousis
1   Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, General Hospital of Volos, Polymeri 134, Volos 38222, Greece   Email: vaskonto@gmail.com
,
Dionysios Papachristou
3   Department of Anatomy-Histology-Embryology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patra, Greece
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17 October 2010

24 November 2010

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