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Chiari I malformation and syringomyelia in a child following a lightning strike

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  1. Pediatric Neurosurgery, Children’s Hospital, 1600 7th Avenue South ACC 400, Birmingham, AL, 35233, USA

    R. Shane Tubbs & W. Jerry Oakes

  2. Department of Anatomical Sciences, St. George’s University, St. George, Grenada

    Mitchel Muhleman & Marios Loukas

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Tubbs, R.S., Muhleman, M., Loukas, M. et al. Chiari I malformation and syringomyelia in a child following a lightning strike. Childs Nerv Syst 28, 751–753 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-011-1569-8

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