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Torticollis is a usual symptom in posterior fossa tumors

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Infantil Niño Jesús, Avenida Menendez Pelayo 65, 28009, Madrid, Spain

    Verónica Cantarín Extremera, Javier Álvarez-Coca, Jorge Martínez Pérez & José Luis Rubio de Villanueva

  2. Department of Radiology, Hospital Infantil Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain

    Gustavo Albi Rodríguez

  3. Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Hospital Infantil Niño Jesús, Madrid, Spain

    Carlos Pérez Díaz

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Extremera, V.C., Álvarez-Coca, J., Rodríguez, G.A. et al. Torticollis is a usual symptom in posterior fossa tumors. Eur J Pediatr 167, 249–250 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-007-0453-8

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