Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 96-100 , June 2009

Coeliac disease presenting with bilateral fibular stress fractures

  • Julian Gilbody, MRCS B.Sc.

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    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: 72 Witherford Way, Selly Oak, Birmingham B29 4AS, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44 7974768656; fax: +44 1905733008.
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  • Michael Trevett, FCS(SA)Orth FRCS(Eng)

Received 23 November 2007 ,Revised 8 June 2008 ,Accepted 9 June 2008.

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PII: S1268-7731(08)00072-6

doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2008.06.001

Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 15, Issue 2 , Pages 96-100 , June 2009

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