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Unique sacral location of an arteriovenous fistula of the filum terminale associated with diastematomyelia and lowered spinal cords

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Macht, S., Chapot, R., Bieniek, F. et al. Unique sacral location of an arteriovenous fistula of the filum terminale associated with diastematomyelia and lowered spinal cords. Neuroradiology 54, 517–519 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234-011-0899-2

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