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EDITORIAL The omentum-has it a place in the treatment of spinal cord injury?

G. NEIL-DWYER Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton, UK
,
D.A. LANG Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton, UK
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C.G. GERBER Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton, UK
Pages 133-136 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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