Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy: van der Knaap disease

B.E. Panil Kumar; Kishore K. Hegde; Amit Agrawal

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B.E. Panil Kumar ¹ ^* , Kishore K. Hegde ¹, Amit Agrawal ²

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¹ Department of Radiology, Narayana Medical College Hospital, Chinthareddypalem, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India² Department of Neurosurgery, Narayana Medical College Hospital, Chinthareddypalem, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India^* Corresponding Author

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Kumar BP, Hegde KK, Agrawal A. Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy: van der Knaap disease. EUR J GEN MED. 2018;15(1):47-9. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/81736

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Kumar, B. P., Hegde, K. K., & Agrawal, A. (2018). Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy: van der Knaap disease. European Journal of General Medicine, 15(1), 47-49. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/81736

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Kumar BP, Hegde KK, Agrawal A. Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy: van der Knaap disease. EUR J GEN MED. 2018;15(1), 47-49. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/81736

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Kumar, B.E. Panil, Kishore K. Hegde, and Amit Agrawal. "Megalencephalic leukoencephalopathy: van der Knaap disease". European Journal of General Medicine 2018 15 no. 1 (2018): 47-49. https://doi.org/10.29333/ejgm/81736

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