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Prevalence of musculoskeletal normal variations of the lower limbs in pediatric orthopedic clinic

Safwan M. Bourgleh, Răducu N. Nemeş, Bandar M. Hetaimish and Luminița C. Chiuțu
Saudi Medical Journal September 2019, 40 (9) 930-935; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.9.24478
Safwan M. Bourgleh
From the Orthopaedic Specialty Clinic (Bourgleh); from the Orthopedic Surgery Department (Hetaimish), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Surgery (Nemeş), and from the Department of Intensive Care (Chiuțu), University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
MBBS, MSc
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Răducu N. Nemeş
From the Orthopaedic Specialty Clinic (Bourgleh); from the Orthopedic Surgery Department (Hetaimish), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Surgery (Nemeş), and from the Department of Intensive Care (Chiuțu), University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
MD, PhD
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Bandar M. Hetaimish
From the Orthopaedic Specialty Clinic (Bourgleh); from the Orthopedic Surgery Department (Hetaimish), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Surgery (Nemeş), and from the Department of Intensive Care (Chiuțu), University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
MSc, FRCSC
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Luminița C. Chiuțu
From the Orthopaedic Specialty Clinic (Bourgleh); from the Orthopedic Surgery Department (Hetaimish), College of Medicine, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Surgery (Nemeş), and from the Department of Intensive Care (Chiuțu), University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Craiova, Romania
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