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International Journal of Recent Trends in Science and Technology, ISSN 2277-2812 E-ISSN: 2249-8109

Volume 7, Issue 1, May 2013 pp 10-13

Research Article

A Study of Total Spina Bifida of the Sacrum in Western India

Dharati M. Kubavat¹, Shaileshkumar K. Nagar², Padma Varlekar³, Kanan Uttekar⁴,

Sneha V. Kumar⁵, Chintan Lakhani⁶

{ ¹Associate Professor,⁶Resident doctor} Department of Anatomy, M. P. Shah Medical College, Jamnagar, Gujarat, INDIA.

²Professor, Department of Anatomy, GMERS Medical College, Gotri, Vadodara, Gujarat, INDIA.

³Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy, GMERS Medical College, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, INDIA.

⁴Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy, SMIMER Medical College, Surat, Gujarat, INDIA.

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