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Separation surgery of pygopagus asymmetrical conjoined twins sharing U-shaped spinal cord: case report and literature review

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

    Takami Hirokazu, Inagaki Takayuki & Asai Akio

  2. Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Inagaki Takayuki

  3. Department of Pediatric Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

    Hamada Yoshinori

  4. Department of Pediatrics, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

    Kaneko Kazunari

  5. Department of Neurosurgery, Takii Hospital, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

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Hirokazu, T., Takayuki, I., Yoshinori, H. et al. Separation surgery of pygopagus asymmetrical conjoined twins sharing U-shaped spinal cord: case report and literature review. Childs Nerv Syst 29, 699–706 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-012-2007-2

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