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Obstetric brachial plexus injury

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Rakan S. Al-Essa, Rakan M. Al-Khilaiwi, Ali A. Al-Qahtani, Abdullah M. Al-Thunayan and Mohammad M. Al-Qattan
Saudi Medical Journal July 2017, 38 (7) 721-726; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2017.7.17615
Rakan S. Al-Essa
From the Division of Plastic Surgery (Al-Essa, Al-Khilaiwi, Al-Qahtani, Al-Thunayan), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and the Division of Plastic Surgery (Al-Qattan), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Rakan M. Al-Khilaiwi
From the Division of Plastic Surgery (Al-Essa, Al-Khilaiwi, Al-Qahtani, Al-Thunayan), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and the Division of Plastic Surgery (Al-Qattan), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ali A. Al-Qahtani
From the Division of Plastic Surgery (Al-Essa, Al-Khilaiwi, Al-Qahtani, Al-Thunayan), King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, and the Division of Plastic Surgery (Al-Qattan), King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdullah M. Al-Thunayan
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Mohammad M. Al-Qattan
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Saudi Medical Journal Jul 2017, 38 (7) 721-726; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2017.7.17615

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Saudi Medical Journal Jul 2017, 38 (7) 721-726; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2017.7.17615
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