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Clots and cauda equina: aortic obstruction as a rare cause of cauda equina syndrome

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    Joanna Maggs, Simon Humphry, Michael Hutton, Daniel Chan & Andrew Clarke

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Maggs, J., Humphry, S., Hutton, M. et al. Clots and cauda equina: aortic obstruction as a rare cause of cauda equina syndrome. Eur Orthop Traumatol 4, 187–191 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12570-013-0167-5

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