Cross-sectional study of epidemiology of congenital anomaly of the hand in a tertiary care centre in India over 1 year

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Plast Surg 2016; 49(03): 424-425
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.197231

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Association of Plastic Surgeons of India

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Nikunj B. Mody

Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, B.J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Shankar Srinivasan

Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, B.J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Mukund Thatte

Department of Burns and Plastic Surgery, B.J. Wadia Hospital for Children, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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