Legal Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 69-71 , March 2003

A case of aneurysmal rupture at the vertebral artery 14 days after whiplash injury: was it traumatic or non-traumatic?

Received 14 July 2002 ,Revised 15 October 2002 ,Accepted 1 November 2002.

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Legal Medicine
Volume 5, Issue 1 , Pages 69-71 , March 2003

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