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Head injury in the severely injured: long-term follow-up in 157 patients

L.T. Dunn, M. Patterson, D. A. Boot Department of Neurosurgery, University of Glasgow, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow; Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Warrington District General Hospital, Merseyside
Pages 219-224 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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