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Fussnoten

1 Leitender Arzt Orthopädie Franziskushospital Aachen, Praxisklinik Orthopädie Aachen

2 Klinik für Innere Medizin, Asklepios Westklinikum Hamburg

3 Franziskus-Hospital Harderberg, Georgsmarienhütte