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Caudal regression syndrome with bilateral popliteal webbing without maternal diabetes: a rare entity

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    Mukul Aggarwal, Vikrant Sood, Shivani Deswal & K. C. Aggarwal

  2. H.No 107, Bank Enclave, Luxmi Nagar, New Delhi, 110092, India

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Aggarwal, M., Sood, V., Deswal, S. et al. Caudal regression syndrome with bilateral popliteal webbing without maternal diabetes: a rare entity. Childs Nerv Syst 28, 1819–1821 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-012-1751-7

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