Spinal cord birth injury--diagnostic difficulties.
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Spinal cord birth injury--diagnostic difficulties.
Improvements in obstetric care have certainly led to a decrease in the incidence of birth related spinal cord trauma but unfortunately it is still encountered from time to time. Its exact incidence is difficult to determine because the spinal cord is not routinely examined in all necropsies. Yates (1959) found evidence of distortional trauma to the cervical spine in 45% of perinatal necropsies....
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.69.1_spec_no.92