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Effective medical writing: How to write a case report which Editors would publish

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, UCMS and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, 110095, New Delhi, India

    Rehan Ul Haq & Ish Kumar Dhammi

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Haq, R.U., Dhammi, I.K. Effective medical writing: How to write a case report which Editors would publish. IJOO 51, 237–239 (2017). https://doi.org/10.4103/ortho.IJOrtho_115_17

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