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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy: van der Knaap disease
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Department of Radiology, Narayana Medical College Hospital, Chinthareddypalem, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India
2
Department of Neurosurgery, Narayana Medical College Hospital,
Chinthareddypalem, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India
Publication date: 2018-01-03
Corresponding author
B.E. Panil Kumar
B.E. Panil Kumar Associate Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Narayana Medical College Hospital, Chinthareddypalem, Nellore-524003, Andhra Pradesh, India Phone: +91-9441384795.
B.E. Panil Kumar Associate Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology, Narayana Medical College Hospital, Chinthareddypalem, Nellore-524003, Andhra Pradesh, India Phone: +91-9441384795.
Eur J Gen Med 2018;15(1):47-49
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