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Sadro, C.T., Zins, A.M., Debiec, K. et al. Case report: lethal fetal head injury and placental abruption in a pregnant trauma patient. Emerg Radiol 19, 175–180 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10140-011-1017-9
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