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Broken Collarbone (cont.)

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clavicle fracture, collarbone fracture, broken collarbone

Authors and Editors

Author: Thomas G Costantino, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Pennsylvania-Hahnemann University.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Jerry Balentine, DO, Professor of Emergency Medicine, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine; Medical Director, Saint Barnabas Hospital.

Last Editorial Review: 8/10/2005

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