Morphology study of the proximal femur in Malay population

• Main Authors: Baharuddin, Mohd Yusof, Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq, Zulkifly, Ahmad Hafiz, Saat , Azlin, Abdul Aziz , Azian, Lee, Muhammad Hisyam
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedad Chilena de Anatomía 2011
• Subjects: RD701 Orthopedics
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/40574/1/Morphology_Study_of_the_Proximal_Femur_in_Malay_Population.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/40574/; http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0717-95022011000400042&script=sci_arttext

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