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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation, Foot & Ankle Service, Yale University School of Medicine, Yale Physicians Building 113, 800 Howard Ave., New Haven, CT, 06520-8071, USA

    John S. Reach Jr. Msc, MD (Director)

  2. Department of Surgery, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27110, USA

    James A. Nunley

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Reach, J.S., Nunley, J.A. (2008). Ultrasound Examination of the Achilles Tendon. In: Nunley, J. (eds) The Achilles Tendon. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-79205-7_2

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