Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 27, Issue 8 , Pages 516-518 , October 2004

Hamate Hook Fracture in a 17-Year-Old Golfer: Importance of Matching Symptoms to Clinical Evidence

  • Marion Willard Evans Jr., DC

      Affiliations

    • Private Practice of Chiropractic, Eufaula, Ala
    • Corresponding Author InformationMarion W. Evans, Jr., DC, 129 South Orange Avenue, Eufaula, AL 36027

Received 7 January 2003 ,Revised 25 March 2003 ,Accepted 1 January 2004.

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PII: S0161-4754(04)00162-9

doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2004.08.005

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 27, Issue 8 , Pages 516-518 , October 2004

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