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Middle-aged individuals with thalidomide embryopathy have undergone few surgical limb procedures and demonstrate a high degree of physical independence

BACKGROUND: Thalidomide is known to have induced thalidomide embryopathy (TE) in more than 10,000 live-born children worldwide between 1957–1962. AIM: The aim of this study was to investigate the need for orthopaedic surgery and limb orthosis in relation to function and physical independence in midd...

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Autores principales: Ghassemi Jahani, Shadi A., Danielsson, Aina, Karlsson, Jon, Brisby, Helena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5650143/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29053750
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0186388