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editorial
. 2000 Sep 1;91(5):325–326. doi: 10.1007/BF03404799

Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: The Silent Epidemic

Traumatisme cerebral bénin: une épidémie silencieuse

Anthony Feinstein 1,, Mark Rapoport 1
PMCID: PMC6979787  PMID: 11089281

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