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Reversed palmaris longus muscle: a popular object of anatomical and surgical studies and some misdescriptions

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Georgiev, G.P. Reversed palmaris longus muscle: a popular object of anatomical and surgical studies and some misdescriptions. Surg Radiol Anat 42, 297–298 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-020-02424-8

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