[Unilateral polyostotic fibrous dysplasia of the upper limb].

Pan Afr Med J

Service de Traumatologie et Chirurgie Orthopédique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Avicenne, Université Mohammed V, Rabat, Maroc.

Published: October 2015

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