Occurrence of sudden paraplegia during follow-up period of thoracic vertebral compression fracture in a case with spinal epidural lipomatosis
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عنوان ژورنال: Spinal Cord Series and Cases
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2058-6124
DOI: 10.1038/s41394-017-0001-3