Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 1-2 , March 2010

About the pathogenesis of the so-called adult acquired pes planus

  • Pisani Giacomo (Libero Docente in Clinica Ortopedica Turin University, Director of the Centro di Chirurgia del Piede Fornaca di Sessant Clinic, Turin, Editor of the journal Chirurgia del Piede)

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Received 9 April 2009

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doi: 10.1016/j.fas.2009.04.007

Foot and Ankle Surgery
Volume 16, Issue 1 , Pages 1-2 , March 2010