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. 1985 Aug;48(8):843–844. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.48.8.843

Acute myelopathy in a drug abuser following an attempted neck vein injection.

R Kishorekumar, P Yagnik, V Dhopesh
PMCID: PMC1028462  PMID: 4031939

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