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Musculoskeletal - Sunshine

Posted: Nov 04, 2010

The left knee is 50% of valgus lateral > medial tenderness and crepitance on range of motion. Should this be all one sentence?

maybe: The left knee has 50 degrees of valgus and lateromedial - tenderness and crepitance on range of motion.

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