Isolated Intraspinal Juvenile Xanthogranuloma in an Infant Presenting as Acute Paraplegia
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عنوان ژورنال: Neuropediatrics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0174-304X,1439-1899
DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1329908