Thoraco-lumbar fractures

Current Orthopaedics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 17-25

  Pasapula, Chandra ^a   Wilson MacDonald, James ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

BRAIN INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FRACTURE DISLOCATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE FRACTURE;

EID: 2342632641     PISSN: 02680890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cuor.2004.02.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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