Real spinal cord injury without radiologic abnormality in pediatric patient with tight filum terminale following minor trauma: a case report
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Pediatrics
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1471-2431
DOI: 10.1186/s12887-019-1894-8