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Penetrating spinal cord injuries with retained canal fragments

David T Williams1, Danny L Chang, Matthieu P DeClerck

  • 1Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles County, CA 90033, USA. dtwilliamsmd@yahoo.com

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|March 11, 2009
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