African myelomeningocele: perspectives and challenges

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Ernesto Enrique Horta-Tamayo, Hôpital de Référence de Maradi. Maradi. Niger.

Especialista de Segundo Grado en Neurocirugía. Profesor Asistente. Investigador Agregado. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Holguín. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Mariana Grajales Coello”.

Diana Rosa Ortega-Raez, Hospital Clínico- Quirúrgico “Lucía Iñiguez Landín”. Holguín. Cuba.

Residente de cuarto año de Neurocirugía. Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Holguín. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Mariana Grajales Coello”.

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2024-03-25

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Horta-Tamayo EE, Ortega-Raez DR. African myelomeningocele: perspectives and challenges. Revista Cubana de Ortopedia y Traumatologí­a [Internet]. 2024 Mar. 25 [cited 2025 Feb. 2];38. Available from: https://revortopedia.sld.cu/index.php/revortopedia/article/view/719

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