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European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery

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01-12-2017 | Editorial

Focus on traumatic brain injury

Author: Eckhard Rickels

Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery | Issue 6/2017

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Almost every paper on brain trauma starts with the statement that traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the main cause of death in those under 45 years; at least this fact is still true in developed countries. …

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Title: Focus on traumatic brain injury
Author: Eckhard Rickels
Publication date: 01-12-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: European Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgery / Issue 6/2017
Print ISSN: 1863-9933
Electronic ISSN: 1863-9941
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-017-0866-7

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