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Kulikova S.L.

Republican Research and Clinical Center of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Semashko M.D.

Minsk Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital

Levshuk O.N.

Republican Research and Clinical Center of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Siz M.A.

Republican Research and Clinical Center of Neurology and Neurosurgery

Antonenko D.A.

Republican Research and Clinical Center of Neurology and Neurosurgery

En coup de sabre linear scleroderma with central nervous system involvement in a pediatric patient

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Kulikova S.L., Semashko M.D., Levshuk O.N., Siz M.A., Antonenko D.A.

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Journal: S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2025;125(10‑2): 120‑126

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Kulikova SL, Semashko MD, Levshuk ON, Siz MA, Antonenko DA. En coup de sabre linear scleroderma with central nervous system involvement in a pediatric patient. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2025;125(10‑2):120‑126. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro2025125102120

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