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Table of Content Volume 8 Issue 2 - November 2018

 

Incidence of accessory head of flexor pollicis longus (Gantzer’s) muscle

 

Raja Sekhar Katikireddi1, Raju Sugavasi2*

 

1Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, Bhaskar Medical college, Yenkapally (V), Moinabad mandal , Ranga Reddy District, Telangana.

2Assistant professor, Department of Anatomy, Fathima Institute Of Medical Sciences (FIMS), Kadapa , Kadapa District, Andhra Pradesh.

Email: anatraju@yahoo.co.in

 

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