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Progressive myelopathy due to meningeal thickening in shunted patients: description of a novel entity and the role of surgery

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    Juan Francisco Martinez-Lage

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Martinez-Lage, J.F. Progressive myelopathy due to meningeal thickening in shunted patients: description of a novel entity and the role of surgery. Childs Nerv Syst 23, 853–854 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-007-0350-5

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