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Advancing neurorehabilitation intervention to enhance neurodevelopmental outcomes in pediatric patients following encephalocele resection

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Samuel Berchi Kankam & Mohamed Jalloh

  2. Harvard T.H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

    Samuel Berchi Kankam & Oluwafeyisola Osifala

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S.B.K: conceptualization, manuscript drafting, critical review of the manuscript; O.O: manuscript drafting, critical review of the manuscript; M.J: manuscript drafting, critical review of the manuscript.

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Kankam, S.B., Osifala, O. & Jalloh, M. Advancing neurorehabilitation intervention to enhance neurodevelopmental outcomes in pediatric patients following encephalocele resection. Childs Nerv Syst (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-024-06459-9

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