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We have observed mutilative self-biting leading to multiple finger amputations in two patients following C4 complete spinal cord injury (SCI). Both men were of normal intelligence without psychosis and each had a neurotic personality and history of fingernail biting. They related the self-biting to anxiety and depression. We believe these to be the first English language reports of multiple finger amputations due to self-biting following SCI.
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Dahlin, P., Van Buskirk, N., Novotny, R. et al. Self-biting with multiple finger amputations following spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord 23, 306–318 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1038/sc.1985.48
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