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Case Study

Severe and extensive traumatic axonal injury following minor and indirect head trauma

Sung Ho JangDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Namku, Taegu, Republic of Korea
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Han Do LeeDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Namku, Taegu, Republic of KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 416-419 | Received 20 Nov 2015, Accepted 18 Sep 2016, Published online: 17 Jan 2017

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