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Pyomyositis: a limping diagnosis

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van den Bergh, M.R., Schiering, I.A.M., Gubler, F.M. et al. Pyomyositis: a limping diagnosis. Eur J Pediatr 166, 259–261 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-006-0228-7

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