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Neurological picture
Familial spinal neurofibromatosis: three generations of identical level symptomatic tumours
  1. Masahiro Tsuji1,
  2. Sayaka Harada1,
  3. Yasushi Ueno2,
  4. Naohiro Osaka2
  1. 1Department of Pediatrics, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan
  2. 2Department of Neurosurgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan
  1. Correspondence to Dr Masahiro Tsuji, Department of Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, 5-7-1, Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka, 565–8565, Japan, mtsujimd{at}ybb.ne.jp

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.2009.201178

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