Skull Fracture: Multimedia

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Further Reading

Keywords

skull fractures, linear skull fractures, basilar skull fractures, temporal fractures, depressed skull fractures, skull trauma, occipital condylar fractures, linear fractures, depressed fractures, vault fractures, transverse temporal bone fractures, longitudinal temporal bone fractures, occipital condylar fractures, clivus fractures, skull wounds, coup injury, countercoup injury

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Nazer H Qureshi, MD, Staff Physician, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Nazer H Qureshi, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
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Griffith Harsh IV, MD, Director of Neurosurgical Oncology, Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford Medical Center, Stanford University School of Medicine
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