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Perugini, S., Ghirlanda, S., Rossi, R., Bonetti, M., Salvolini, U. (2006). CT in Spinal Trauma Emergencies. In: Scarabino, T., Salvolini, U., Randy Jinkins, J. (eds) Emergency Neuroradiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29941-6_24

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