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Cho, K.H., Yamamoto, M., Murakami, G. et al. Letter to the Editor: “Pterygospinous and pterygoalar bars in children”. Surg Radiol Anat 44, 809–811 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-022-02935-6
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