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Entire pneumorrhachis due to isolated head trauma

Selcuk Coskun
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Selcuk Coskun
, MD
Department of Emergency, Ankara Guven Hospital, Simsek Sok. Kavaklidere, Ankara, Turkey
Mahir Sahin
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Mahir Sahin
, MD
Department of Emergency, Ankara Guven Hospital, Simsek Sok. Kavaklidere, Ankara, Turkey
Murat Cobanoglu
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Murat Cobanoglu
, MD
Department of Emergency, Ankara Guven Hospital, Simsek Sok. Kavaklidere, Ankara, Turkey
Isa Kilicaslan
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Isa Kilicaslan
, MD
Department of Emergency, Ankara Guven Hospital, Simsek Sok. Kavaklidere, Ankara, Turkey
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2008.11.004

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