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Cervical myelopathy caused by bilateral C1–2 dumbbell ganglioneuromas and C2–3 and C3–4 neurofibromas associated with neurofibromatosis type 1

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    Kei Ando, Shiro Imagama, Zenya Ito, Kenichi Hirano, Ryoji Tauchi, Akio Muramoto, Hiroki Matsui, Tomohiro Matsumoto & Naoki Ishiguro

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Ando, K., Imagama, S., Ito, Z. et al. Cervical myelopathy caused by bilateral C1–2 dumbbell ganglioneuromas and C2–3 and C3–4 neurofibromas associated with neurofibromatosis type 1. J Orthop Sci 19, 676–681 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-012-0315-8

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