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Letter to the editor: Duddy et al. repair of a large thoracolumbar myelomeningocele with associated lumbar kyphosis. October 2013, Volume 155, Issue 10, pp 1965-1968

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Acquisition of data and Initial drafting: Mayorga-Buiza, Rivero Garvia

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  1. Paediatric Neurosurgery Section, Virgen del Rocio and Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Avda. Manuel Siurot N/N, 41013, Seville, Spain

    Javier Marquez-Rivas & Mónica Rivero-Garvia

  2. Paediatric Anaesthesia Section, Virgen del Rocio and Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Avda. Manuel Siurot N/N, 41013, Seville, Spain

    María José Mayorga-Buiza

  3. Neurosurgical Spine Section, Virgen del Rocio and Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Avda. Manuel Siurot N/N, 41013, Seville, Spain

    Julio Valencia-Anguita

  4. Neurosurgery Service and Pediatric Neurosurgery Section, Virgen del Rocio and Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Second floor HRT., Avda. Manuel Siurot N/N, 41013, Seville, Spain

    Javier Marquez-Rivas

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Marquez-Rivas, J., Rivero-Garvia, M., Mayorga-Buiza, M.J. et al. Letter to the editor: Duddy et al. repair of a large thoracolumbar myelomeningocele with associated lumbar kyphosis. October 2013, Volume 155, Issue 10, pp 1965-1968. Acta Neurochir 156, 755–756 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-013-1988-2

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