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"Tethered cord syndrome"-recent clinical experience

S. SHARIF, D. ALLCUTT, C. MARKS & P. BRENNAN Departments of Neurosurgery & Neuroradiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, and Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
Pages 49-51 | Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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