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Coexisting Medical Conditions

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Treatment of orthopedic conditions in LMIC can be complicated by coexisting chronic diseases, anemia, malnutrition, and infectious and parasitic diseases.

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  1. 172 Stillwater Loop Road, Columbus, MT, 59019, USA

    Michelle Foltz MD

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, UCSF, 1001 Potrero Ave, 3A-36, San Francisco, CA, 94110, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin MD, MPH, MSc, FRCS(c)

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Institute for Global Orthopedics and Traumatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Richard A. Gosselin

  2. Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    David A. Spiegel

  3. Columbus, Montana, USA

    Michelle Foltz

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Foltz, M., Gosselin, R.A. (2014). Coexisting Medical Conditions. In: Gosselin, R., Spiegel, D., Foltz, M. (eds) Global Orthopedics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1578-7_10

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