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Response to the Letter to the Editor “Lipomatosis of nerve and overgrowth syndrome: an intriguing and still unclear correlation”

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  1. Department of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Gonda 8-214, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA

    Tomas Marek & Robert J. Spinner

  2. Department of Neurologic Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 84132, USA

    Mark A. Mahan

  3. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA

    Kimberly K. Amrami

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Marek, T., Mahan, M.A., Amrami, K.K. et al. Response to the Letter to the Editor “Lipomatosis of nerve and overgrowth syndrome: an intriguing and still unclear correlation”. Acta Neurochir 161, 1087–1088 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-019-03917-1

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