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Posttraumatic Anatomical Injuries of the Craniovertebral Junction and Treatment Implications: Part I

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  1. Section of Neurological Surgery, University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy

    Pasquale Ciappetta

  2. Section of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Misurata Medical School, Misurata, Libya

    M. Alsagheir

  3. Institute of Bio-imaging, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

    M. Alsagheir, Francesco Signorelli & Massimiliano Visocchi

  4. Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy

    Francesco Signorelli & Massimiliano Visocchi

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Ciappetta, P., Alsagheir, M., Signorelli, F., Visocchi, M. (2019). Posttraumatic Anatomical Injuries of the Craniovertebral Junction and Treatment Implications: Part I. In: Visocchi, M. (eds) New Trends in Craniovertebral Junction Surgery. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement, vol 125. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62515-7_42

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