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Light-weight battery-operable orthopaedic stimulator for the treatment of long-bone nonunions using pulsed magnetic fields

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  1. Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, University of Wales, Singleton Park, SA2 8PP, Swansea, Wales

    J. Watson

  2. Singleton and Morriston Hospitals, Swansea, Wales

    E. M. Downes

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Watson, J., Downes, E.M. Light-weight battery-operable orthopaedic stimulator for the treatment of long-bone nonunions using pulsed magnetic fields. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 21, 509–510 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02442641

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