Spontaneous pneumorrhachis associated with pneumomediastin in a patient with diabetic ketoacidosis: An exceptional manifestation of a benign disease

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 225-226

  Drolet, Sébastien ^a   Gagné, Jean Pierre ^a   Langis, Paul ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 34250861468     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: 14882310     Source Type: Journal    
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