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Life Expectation and Court Awards in Paraplegia and Tetraplegia

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Traumatic paraplegia and tetraplegia have been a problem for the medical profession and the Community at large for thousands of years.

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Walsh, J.J. (1980). Life Expectation and Court Awards in Paraplegia and Tetraplegia. In: Tanner, E., Hefti, M.L. (eds) Annals of Life Insurance Medicine 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67629-1_6

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