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Rodney K. Beals  

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  • Rodney K. Beals is an American orthopedic surgeon who described a number of congenital malformation syndromes, including the Beals syndrome, the Beals-Hecht syndrome, and the Hecht-Beals syndrome. Beals is a general orthopedist who specializes in bone lengthening and shortening and in treating fractures by using the Ilizarov method. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Beals, Rodney K. (1931–)]

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