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Life-saving decompressive craniectomy for acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a child: a case report

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  1. Department of Pediatric Neurosurgery, CHU Timone Enfants, Marseille, France

    Emilie Granget, Gregoire Pech-Gourg, Gabriel Lena & Didier Scavarda

  2. Department of Pediatric Neurology, CHU Timone Enfants, Marseille, France

    Mathieu Milh

  3. Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, CHU Timone Enfants, Marseille, France

    Olivier Paut

  4. Departement of Neuroradiology, CHU Timone, Marseille, France

    Nadine Girard

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Granget, E., Milh, M., Pech-Gourg, G. et al. Life-saving decompressive craniectomy for acute disseminated encephalomyelitis in a child: a case report. Childs Nerv Syst 28, 1121–1124 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-012-1733-9

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