Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 229-234 , December 2007

Geriatric Spinal Injury

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doi: 10.1053/j.semss.2007.09.003

Seminars in Spine Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 4 , Pages 229-234 , December 2007

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