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Aplasia cutis congenita of the scalp: is there a better treatment strategy?

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  1. Division of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Department of Paediatric Surgery, Department of Surgery, British Columbia’s Children’s Hospital, British Columbia, Canada

    Yee Chiung Gan & Paul Steinbok

  2. Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Paul Steinbok

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Gan, Y.C., Steinbok, P. Aplasia cutis congenita of the scalp: is there a better treatment strategy?. Childs Nerv Syst 22, 1216–1217 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-006-0224-2

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