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Junctional neural tube defect: a supporting case report

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Malik Ali

  2. Division of Neurosurgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    P. Daniel McNeely

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Ali, M., McNeely, P.D. Junctional neural tube defect: a supporting case report. Childs Nerv Syst 34, 1447–1448 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-018-3855-1

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