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Acute spinal cord compression due to extramedullary haematopoiesis
  1. Maria Eduarda Slhsessarenko Fraife Barreto1,
  2. João Victor Cabral Correia1,
  3. Marianna P M de Moraes1,
  4. Nathália Lopes da Silva2,
  5. José Luiz Pedroso1,
  6. Orlando G P Barsottini1
  1. 1Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
  2. 2Departament of Pathology, UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  1. Correspondence to Dr Marianna P M de Moraes; marianna.m.moraes{at}gmail.com

https://doi.org/10.1136/pn-2024-004270

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    Footnotes

    • Contributors MESFB, JVCC, MPM, JLP and OGPB: conceptualisation, data curation, formal analysis and writing—original draft preparation, review and editing. MPM acts as a guarantor.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned. Externally peer reviewed by Anthony Pereira, London, UK.