Butterfly vertebra: a case report
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Case report: imaging findings in a "butterfly" vertebra.
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عنوان ژورنال: Romanian Neurosurgery
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2344-4959,1220-8841
DOI: 10.1515/romneu-2017-0012