Teleradiology for traumatic brain injury management

Teleradiology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 181-202

  Iaccarino, Corrado ^a   Rapana', Armando ^b   Compagnone, Christian ^c   Tagliaferri, Fernanda ^c   Servadei, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b AORN San Sebastiano   (Italy)

^c BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

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EID: 84891978304     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-78871-3_15     Document Type: Chapter

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