Surgical outcomes of the brachial plexus lesions caused by gunshot wounds in adults

Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Secer, Halil Ibrahim ^a   Solmaz, Ilker ^a   Anik, Ihsan ^b   Izci, Yusuf ^a   Duz, Bulent ^a   Daneyemez, Mehmet Kadri ^a   Gonul, Engin ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 68349146178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17497221     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-7221-4-11     Document Type: Article

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