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Fractures After Myelopathy: The Risk Quantified

James H. FrisbieFrom the Spinal Cord Injury Service. Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, BrocktonMA02401
, M.D.
Pages 66-69 | Received 13 May 1996, Accepted 18 Aug 1966, Published online: 11 May 2016

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