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APES (acronym)? - MT Gramma


Posted: Mar 07, 2012

Does anyone know if this is correct? An acronum, sounds like APES or APEF and they are consulting on a hip surgery patient in the hospital! I cannot find it!

can you give more context? - hmmm

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including the sentence in question?

could be anteroir posterior external fixation - need sentence

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