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Indian Journal of Neurotrauma 2015; 12(01): 098
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1555662
Letter to the Editor
Neurotrauma Society of India

Transorbital Penetrating Head Injury (TOPHI): Short Series of Two Cases with Review of Literature

Guru Dutta Satyarthee
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
Pankaj Dawar
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
,
B.S. Sharma
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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