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MAFO: Molded ankle-foot orthosis

Posted By: ASP on 2005-07-30
In Reply to: s/l Moffo ankle/ foot orthosis - deb

New to this board -- and probably too late answering -- but I noticed no one posted the answer to your question.  The "AFO" is redundant.  Hope this helps for the future!


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