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Traumatic Coronal Suture Diastasis and Contre-Coup Epidural Hematoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2016

Mohammed F. Shamji*
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Howard Lesiuk
Affiliation:
Division of Neurosurgery, The Ottawa Hospital, Civic Campus, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
*
The Ottawa Hospital – Division of Neurosurgery, 1053 Carling Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K1Y 4E9, Canada
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