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Multiple Neural Tube Defect with Split Cord Malformation — A Rare Entity

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India

    Kanwaljeet Garg, Vivek Tandon, Deepak Kumar Gupta & Bhawani Shankar Sharma

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Garg, K., Tandon, V., Gupta, D.K. et al. Multiple Neural Tube Defect with Split Cord Malformation — A Rare Entity. Indian J Pediatr 81, 982–983 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-014-1383-x

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