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. 1977 Jul;40(7):726. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.40.7.726

Short report

Encephaloceles in Nigerian Igbos

Wilson I B Onuigbo 1
PMCID: PMC492817  PMID: 915518

Abstract

A survey of surgical specimens submitted to a central laboratory suggests that the Igbos of Nigeria are a further ethnic group in whom the anterior encephalocele is comparatively common.

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