Military gunshot wound-induced spinal cord injuries

Military Medicine

Volumn 167, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 926-928

  Alaca, Ridvan ^a   Yilmaz, Bilge ^a   Goktepe, Ahmet Salim ^a   Yazicioglu, Kamil ^a   Gunduz, Sukru ^a  

^a TSK Rehabilitasyon ve Bakim Merkezi   (Turkey)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HEMATOTHORAX; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MILITARY PHENOMENA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE INJURY; ORGAN INJURY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY NERVE; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE SURGERY; TERRORISM; VELOCITY;

EID: 0036846887     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/167.11.926     Document Type: Article

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