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Morphology of the foramen magnum in syndromic and non-syndromic brachycephaly: letter to the editor

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  1. Unité de Chirurgie Crâniofaciale, Service de Neurochirurgie Pédiatrique, Centre de Référence National des Dysostoses Crâniofaciales, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, APHP, Paris, France

    Guillaume Coll & Federico Di Rocco

  2. Service de Neurochirurgie, CHU de Clermont-Ferrand, Hôpital Gabriel Montpied, 58 rue Montalembert, 63003, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Guillaume Coll

  3. Laboratoire d’anatomie, UFR Médecine, Université d’Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Guillaume Coll

  4. Image-Guided Clinical Neuroscience and Connectomics, EA 7282, UFR Médecine, Université Clermont 1, Université d’Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France

    Guillaume Coll

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Coll, G., Di Rocco, F. Morphology of the foramen magnum in syndromic and non-syndromic brachycephaly: letter to the editor. Childs Nerv Syst 31, 1213–1214 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-015-2708-4

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