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. 2022 Dec 1;43(4):e93-e95.
doi: 10.1097/PAF.0000000000000758. Epub 2022 Mar 29.

Lightning Metallization Injury

Ryan Blumenthal  1 , Kenneth J Nixon  2 , Chandima Gomes  2 , Hugh Gp Hunt  2
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Lightning Metallization Injury

Ryan Blumenthal et al. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. .
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