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. 1984 Sep;1(3):123–134. doi: 10.1136/emj.1.3.123

Head injuries are badly managed in accident and emergency departments and neurosurgeons are partly to blame.

G Teasdale
PMCID: PMC1285215  PMID: 6536276

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