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Survival After Ponto-Medullary Junction Trauma

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Trauma and Regeneration

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum ((NEUROCHIRURGICA,volume 32))

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Four cases with partial avulsions of the ponto-medullary junction resulting from a head injury with survival from 8 to 26 days are reported. Such lesions are not necessarily immediately fatal and they must be looked for specifically postmortem.

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  1. Neurological Institute, University of Vienna, Austria

    Dr. P. Pilz

  2. Landes-Nervenklinik Salzburg, Ignaz-HarrerStrasse 79, A-5020, Salzburg, Austria

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  1. University Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

    J. Hume Adams M.B., Ch.B., Ph.D., F.R.C.Path., F.R.C.P. (Professor of Neuropathology, Secretary-General, International Society of Neuropathology) (Professor of Neuropathology, Secretary-General, International Society of Neuropathology)

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Pilz, P. (1983). Survival After Ponto-Medullary Junction Trauma. In: Adams, J.H. (eds) Trauma and Regeneration. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum, vol 32. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4147-2_8

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-4147-2_8

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