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This paper presents the results of a study on the pathological changes associated with post traumatic central spinal cord necrosis.
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Yeo, J., Stabback, S. & McKenzie, B. Central necrosis following contusion to the sheep's spinal cord. Spinal Cord 14, 276–285 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1976.45
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