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Diagnosis | Self-mutilation after intramuscular ketamine-related neuronal injury

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Figure 4: Photomicrograph of a longitudinal section of sciatic nerve from the rabbit shown in Figure 1.
Figure 5: Photomicrograph of a longitudinal section of sciatic nerve from the rabbit shown in Figure 1.
Figure 6: Photomicrograph of a cross section of tibial nerve from the rabbit shown in Figure 1.

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Diagnosis | Self-mutilation after intramuscular ketamine-related neuronal injury. Lab Anim 40, 214–216 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/laban0711-214

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