Commonly Misdiagnosed Rare Condition: Toe Tourniquet Syndrome – Literature Review
January 2012
in “
Modern Plastic Surgery
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TLDR Toe Tourniquet Syndrome is often misdiagnosed.
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research Hair-Tourniquet Syndrome: Multiple Toes and Bilaterality
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