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Gunshot wound of the atlas in a youth

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The case of a bullet retained, without causing neurological symptoms, in the anterior arch of a youth’s atlas after a gun had been fired a short distance from his mouth is reported. The patient was managed with external stabilization.

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  1. Neurotraumatology, Department of Neurosciences, University of Rome ”La Sapienza”, Viale del Policlinico, 155, I-00161 Rome, Italy, Fax: +39-06-4940941, , , , , , IT

    P. Missori, Roberto Tarantino, Barbara Nardacci & Roberto Delfini

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  1. P. Missori
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Received: 10 February 1999

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Missori, P., Tarantino, R., Nardacci, B. et al. Gunshot wound of the atlas in a youth. Child's Nerv Syst 15, 357–358 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003810050412

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