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Skeletal complications in congenital insensitivity to pain and anhidrosis: a problem to reckon with

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  1. Department of Neurology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India

    Vaibhav Tandon, Radhika Sanjay Lotlikar & Sruthi S. Nair

  2. Department of Imaging Sciences and Intervention Radiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, India

    Sabrish Sekar

  3. Pediatric Neurology and Comprehensive Care Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Department of Neurology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, Kerala, 695011, India

    Soumya Sundaram

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Dr. Vaibhav Tandon: acquisition of data and drafting of manuscript

Dr. Radhika Sanjay Lotlikar: acquisition of data and drafting of manuscript and critical revision

Dr. Sruthi S Nair: critical revision of manuscript

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Dr. Soumya Sundaram: study concept, design, supervision and critical revision of manuscript

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Tandon, V., Lotlikar, R.S., Nair, S.S. et al. Skeletal complications in congenital insensitivity to pain and anhidrosis: a problem to reckon with. Neurol Sci 42, 3023–3026 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-021-05181-7

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