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What morphological pattern of “impressio ligamenti costoclavicularis” is the most predominant?

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Paraskevas, G.K. What morphological pattern of “impressio ligamenti costoclavicularis” is the most predominant?. Surg Radiol Anat 38, 161–163 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-015-1528-2

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