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not sure about the canning or tanning, but patella with a shadow groove over the trochlea.

Posted By: ss on 2008-10-08
In Reply to: ortho help...more help - MT

Subject: not sure about the canning or tanning, but patella with a shadow groove over the trochlea.




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