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Hand Surgery and the Crack-Cocaine User. A Case Report

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Journal of Hand and Microsurgery

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  1. Grupo de Cirurgia da Mão, Departamento de Ortopedia e Traumatologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Rua Borges Lagoa 1065 Cj 68/69, São Paulo, SP, Brazil, CEP 04032-038

    Carlos Henrique Fernandes, Luis Renato Nakachima, João Baptista Gomes dos Santos, Flavio Faloppa & Walter Manna Albertoni

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Fernandes, C.H., Nakachima, L.R., dos Santos, J.B.G. et al. Hand Surgery and the Crack-Cocaine User. A Case Report. J Hand Microsurg 5, 87–88 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12593-011-0056-5

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