Prognosis for gunshot wounds to the head.

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  • James M Ecklund
  • Panayiotis Sioutos
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عنوان ژورنال:
  • World neurosurgery

دوره 82 1-2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014