Single-Center Experience With Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Infectious Complications in Civilian Cranial Gunshot Wounds
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عنوان ژورنال: Neurosurgery Open
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2633-0873
DOI: 10.1093/neuopn/okaa013