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    Oliver Flouty, Kingsley Abode-Iyamah, Raheel Ahmed, Saul Wilson & Arnold H. Menezes

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Flouty, O., Abode-Iyamah, K., Ahmed, R. et al. Junctional susceptibility of the pediatric spine: a case report. Childs Nerv Syst 31, 797–800 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-014-2564-7

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