Gunshot Injury in the Neck With an Atypical Bullet Trajectory
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________________________ Corresponding author: Address: Dicle University, Medical Faculty, Department of General Surgery, Yenişehir 21280 Diyarbakır; Telephone: +90 412 248 80 014858; Fax: +90 412 248 84 40; E-mail:[email protected] Department of General Surgery, Medical Faculty, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty, Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Tu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0972-8279,0974-942X
DOI: 10.1007/s12663-010-0124-6