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The Biology of Fracture Healing in Long Bones

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK

    Gunasekaran Kumar FRCS (Tr & Orth) & Badri Narayan MS(Orth),FRCS(Tr&Orth)

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  1. Gunasekaran Kumar FRCS (Tr & Orth)
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  2. Badri Narayan MS(Orth),FRCS(Tr&Orth)
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Correspondence to Gunasekaran Kumar FRCS (Tr & Orth) .

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  1. Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, United Kingdom

    Paul A. Banaszkiewicz

  2. Department of Trauma and Orthopaedics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, United Kingdom

    Deiary F. Kader

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Kumar, G., Narayan, B. (2014). The Biology of Fracture Healing in Long Bones. In: Banaszkiewicz, P., Kader, D. (eds) Classic Papers in Orthopaedics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5451-8_139

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