Lumbrical Tears in Rock Climbers

@article{Schweizer2003LumbricalTI,  title={Lumbrical Tears in Rock Climbers},  author={Andreas Schweizer},  journal={Journal of Hand Surgery (British and European Volume)},  year={2003},  volume={28},  pages={187 - 189},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:244111}}

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