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Acute nontraumatic cervical disk herniation with incomplete tetraplegia. A case report and review of literature

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  1. Department of Spinal Surgery and Paraplegiology, Zentralklinik Bad Berka, Bad Berka, Germany

    Ahmed Ezzat Siam, Stephan Werle & Heinrich Boehm

  2. Spine Unit, El Hadara University Hospital, Alexandia, Egypt

    Ahmed Ezzat Siam

  3. Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Benha University, Benha, Egypt

    Gouda-Mohamed Gouda-Mohamed

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Siam, A.E., Gouda-Mohamed, GM., Werle, S. et al. Acute nontraumatic cervical disk herniation with incomplete tetraplegia. A case report and review of literature. Eur Orthop Traumatol 4, 267–272 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12570-013-0182-6

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