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Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 6-8 , March 2007

An unusual maxillofacial injury caused by a nail in a child

Yusuf Yurumez
- Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
- Corresponding author at: Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi Tip Fakültesi, Acil servis, 03200 Afyonkarahisar, Turkey. Tel.: +90 272 214 20 65; fax: +90 272 213 30 66.
Abdullah Aycicek
- Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Yucel Yavuz
- Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Bumin Degirmenci
- Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of of Medicine, Department of Radiology, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
Kamil Tunay
- Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey

Received 3 July 2006 ,Revised 5 October 2006 ,Accepted 6 October 2006.

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