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Spine and Spinal Cord Sonography

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Spinal sonography provides a detailed panoramic view of the spinal canal and its contents in neonates and young infants [1].

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Tomà, P. (2005). Spine and Spinal Cord Sonography. In: Pediatric Neuroradiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26398-5_44

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