An expert consensus on the evaluation and treatment of acute thoracolumbar spine and spinal cord injury in China.

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Published in Neural Regen Res on November 25, 2013

Authors

Zhicheng Zhang1, Fang Li1, Tiansheng Sun1

Author Affiliations

1: PLA Institute of Orthopedics, Beijing Army General Hospital of Chinese PLA, Beijing 100700, China.

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