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  1. Department of Surgery, University of Aachen, Pauwelsstr. 30, 52074 , Aachen, Germany

    U. Klinge, K. Junge & P. R. Mertens

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Comment on R. Read’s “Inguinal herniation in the adult: Defect or disease, a surgeon’s odyssey”

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Klinge, U., Junge, K. & Mertens, P.R. Herniosis: A biological approach. Hernia 8, 300–301 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10029-004-0262-1

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