Letter to the Editor. Nerve repair in brachial plexus birth injury

Willem Pondaag MD, PhD, Justus L. Groen MD, PhD, and Martijn J. A. Malessy MD, PhD
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  • Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
DOI link:
https://doi.org/10.3171/2020.7.PEDS20642
Online Publication Date:
30 Oct 2020
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Volume 27: Pages 1-123

in Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics
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Contributor Notes

Correspondence Willem Pondaag: w.pondaag@lumc.nl.

INCLUDE WHEN CITING Published online October 30, 2020; DOI: 10.3171/2020.7.PEDS20642.

Disclosures The authors report no conflict of interest.

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