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Variant anatomy of the shoulder on MRI

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    Min Wang  (王 敏), Wei Shen  (沈 巍) & Ren-fa Wang  (王仁法)

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Wang, M., Shen, W. & Wang, Rf. Variant anatomy of the shoulder on MRI. J. Huazhong Univ. Sci. Technol. [Med. Sci.] 33, 805–809 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11596-013-1202-z

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