[Partial aplasia of the atlas in a child]

C Bliemel1, H Kuehl, S Ruchholtz

  • 1Klinik für Unfall-, Hand- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Giessen und Marburg, Standort Marburg, Marburg, Germany.

Der Unfallchirurg
|May 1, 2009
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