Thoracic injuries and spinal trauma: A complex association;Lesões torácicas e traumatismo da coluna: Uma complexa associação

Coluna/ Columna

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-13

  Graells, Xavier Soler I ^a,c   Zaninelli, Ed Marcelo ^a   Collaço, Iwan Augusto ^a   Nasr, Adonis ^a   Cecílio, William Augusto Casteleins ^b   Borges, Gisele Aparecida ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná PUCPR ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Multiple trauma; Spinal injuries; Thoracic injuries; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

EID: 42249098999     PISSN: 18081851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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