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Two siblings with neuropathic scoliosis caused by Chiari malformation type I with syringomyelia

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, 5200 Kihara Kiyotake, 889-1692, Miyazaki, Japan

    Hiroshi Kuroki, Naoki Inomata, Hideaki Hamanaka, Kiyoshi Higa & Etsuo Chosa

  2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nozaki Higashi Hospital, Miyazaki, Japan

    Naoya Tajima

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Kuroki, H., Inomata, N., Hamanaka, H. et al. Two siblings with neuropathic scoliosis caused by Chiari malformation type I with syringomyelia. J Orthop Sci 20, 579–583 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00776-013-0520-0

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