Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 279-294 , April 2007

Management of rotator cuff disease: specific treatment for specific disorders

  • Toby Baring (Clinical Research Fellow)

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Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology
Volume 21, Issue 2 , Pages 279-294 , April 2007

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