World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 50-52 , January 2010

Spinal cord injury in cervical spinal stenosis by minor trauma

Received 21 April 2009 ,Accepted 27 May 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2009.05.021

World Neurosurgery
Volume 73, Issue 1 , Pages 50-52 , January 2010

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