[Fatal crossbow injury in an adolescent]

Christian Hessler1, Wolfgang Hamel, Stefan Kluge

  • 1Klinik für Neurochirurgie des Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf.

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|May 23, 2012
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