Acta Med. 2013, 56: 126-129

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2014.21

LUMBOSACRAL TRANSITIONAL VERTEBRA ASSOCIATED WITH SACRAL SPINA BIFIDA OCCULTA: A CASE REPORT

George Paraskevasa, Maria Tzikaa, Panagiotis Kitsoulisb

aMedical School, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece: Department of Anatomy
bMedical School, University of Ioannina, Greece: Department of Anatomy-Histology-Embryology

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