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Descriptor
English
:
Whiplash Injuries
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Lesiones por Latigazo Cervical
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Traumatismos em Chicotada
Tree Number:
C21.866.700.500
Definition
English
:
Hyperextension injury to the
neck
, often the result of being struck from behind by a fast-moving vehicle, in an automobile accident. (From Segen, The
Dictionary
of Modern
Medicine
, 1992)
History Note
English
:
73; was WHIPLASH INJURY 1963-72
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Record Number:
15311
Unique Identifier:
D014911
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