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Congenital spine anomalies: the closed spinal dysraphisms

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The term congenital spinal anomalies encompasses a wide variety of dysmorphology that occurs during early development. Familiarity with current terminology and a practical, clinico–radiologic classification system allows the radiologist to have a more complete understanding of malformations of the spine and improves accuracy of diagnosis when these entities are encountered in practice.

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  1. Department of Radiology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA, 19104-4399, USA

    Erin Simon Schwartz

  2. Department of Radiology, G. Gaslini Children’s Hospital, Genoa, Italy

    Andrea Rossi

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Schwartz, E.S., Rossi, A. Congenital spine anomalies: the closed spinal dysraphisms. Pediatr Radiol 45 (Suppl 3), 413–419 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-015-3425-6

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