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A Contusive Model of Unilateral Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Using the Infinite Horizon Impactor
Published on: July 24, 2012
Cervical impalement injury in a nonagenarian
John B Kettelle1, Charles Johnson, Lawrence G Davis
1San Joaquin General Hospital, Department of Surgery, French Camp, California, USA. jbkettle@cox.net
The Journal of Trauma
|December 8, 2004
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