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Section 2 - Recommendations, Pitfalls, and Controversies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 March 2018

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Zoran Rumboldt ,
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Zoran Rumboldt
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Medical University of South Carolina
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Clinical Imaging of Spinal Trauma
A Case-Based Approach
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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