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  1. Formerly Department of Neuropathology, John Radcliffe Hospital, West Wing, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK

    Waney Squier

  2. Department of Radiology, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, 30 Hope Drive, Hershey, PA, 17033, USA

    Julie Mack

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Squier, W., Mack, J. Political rhetoric is no substitute for objective scientific data. Childs Nerv Syst 38, 7–8 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-021-05407-1

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