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Care of the Professional Athlete: What Standard of Care?

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1100 Virginia Ave. DC953.00, Columbia, MO, 65212, USA

    B. Sonny Bal MD, JD, MBA

  2. BalBrenner/Orthopaedic Law Center, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

    B. Sonny Bal MD, JD, MBA & Lawrence H. Brenner JD

  3. Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

    Lawrence H. Brenner JD

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Bal, B.S., Brenner, L.H. Care of the Professional Athlete: What Standard of Care?. Clin Orthop Relat Res 471, 2060–2064 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-013-3051-2

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