Multidetector computed tomography angiography for successful surgical separation in pygopagus conjoined twins
Atsushi Ohashi, Shoji Tsuji, Yuichi Kuroyanagi, Yo Kinoshita, Kazunari Kaneko,
Kenji Mine, Yoshinori Hamada, Takayuki Inagaki,
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Kazunari Kaneko
Departments of Pediatrics
Kazunari Kaneko, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Kansai Medical University, 2-3-1 Shin-machi, Hirakata-shi, Osaka 573-1191, Japan. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorTakayuki Inagaki
Neurosurgery, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
Search for more papers by this authorAtsushi Ohashi, Shoji Tsuji, Yuichi Kuroyanagi, Yo Kinoshita, Kazunari Kaneko,
Kenji Mine, Yoshinori Hamada, Takayuki Inagaki,
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Kazunari Kaneko
Departments of Pediatrics
Kazunari Kaneko, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Kansai Medical University, 2-3-1 Shin-machi, Hirakata-shi, Osaka 573-1191, Japan. Email: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorTakayuki Inagaki
Neurosurgery, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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