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<journal-id>0864-215X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Ortopedia y Traumatología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Ortop Traumatol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-215X</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Traumatic spinal cord injury in sub-Saharan Africa: a grim picture]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La lesión traumática de la médula espinal en el África subsahariana: un panorama sombrío]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Horta-Tamayo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ernesto Enrique]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Babana]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Abdoulaye Adamou]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Holguín Facultad &#8220;Mariana Grajales Coello&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Holguín]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hôpital de Référence de Maradi  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ Maradi]]></addr-line>
<country>Niger</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2023</year>
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<volume>37</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
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