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A Contusive Model of Unilateral Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Using the Infinite Horizon Impactor
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A Contusive Model of Unilateral Cervical Spinal Cord Injury Using the Infinite Horizon Impactor

Published on: July 24, 2012

Injuries of the cervical spine in high school wrestling

W Q Wu, R C Lewis

    Surgical Neurology
    |February 1, 1985
    PubMed

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