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It is almost generally accepted that pediatrics has become child health and that total care of the child within the limits of his disease rather than management of disease processes is essential to optimum care. In few disease circumstances is it as easy to forget this basic premise as with spina bifida.
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Bedbrook, G.M. (1981). Care of Children With Spina Bifida. In: The Care and Management of Spinal Cord Injuries. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8087-0_19
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