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Spontaneous resorption of calcified cephalhematoma in a 9-month-old child: case report

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    Sang-Duck Yoon, Byung-Moon Cho, Sae-Moon Oh & Se-Hyuck Park

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Yoon, SD., Cho, BM., Oh, SM. et al. Spontaneous resorption of calcified cephalhematoma in a 9-month-old child: case report. Childs Nerv Syst 29, 517–519 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-012-2008-1

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