Neurilemoma of the tibial nerve causing intermittent claudication. Case report.

Am J Knee Surg

Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, University of Hacettepe Medical School, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey.

Published: December 2001

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