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Isolated long thoracic nerve injury case presentation: a sports injury

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    Sibel Üstün Özek

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Üstün Özek, S. Isolated long thoracic nerve injury case presentation: a sports injury. Acta Neurol Belg 120, 199–200 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-018-1031-8

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