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Judy Mackinnon
Back to facultyAssistant Clinical ProfessorFamily MedicineMcMaster University
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Spinal cord injury at birth: Diagnostic and prognostic data in twenty-two patients
Journal of Pediatrics · 1993 · first author
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Spinal cord injury at birth: Diagnostic and prognostic data in twenty-two patients
MacKinnon JA, Perlman M, Kirpalani H, Rehan V, Sauve R, Kovacs L
Journal of Pediatrics1993106 citationsFirst author
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