Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 72, Issue 4 , Pages 210-213 , April 2009

Post-traumatic Osteomyelitis with Spinal Epidural Abscess of Cervical Spine in a Young Man with No Predisposing Factor

Received 14 April 2008 ,Accepted 3 November 2008.

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Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 72, Issue 4 , Pages 210-213 , April 2009

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