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Ethical fallacies, tricky ambiguities, and the misinterpretation of the outcomes in the cranioplasty for mild trigonocephaly

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  1. Health Service Center, Kagoshima University, 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima, 890-8580, Japan

    Shinji Ijichi, Ai Ishida, Mayumi Yotsumoto, Junko Nagata & Rie Tanuma

  2. Institute for EGT, 7421-1 Shimofukumoto-cho, Kagoshima, 891-0144, Kagoshima, Japan

    Naomi Ijichi

  3. Support Center for Students with Disabilities, Kagoshima University, 1-21-30 Korimoto, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan

    Chikako Imamura

  4. Professional Graduate School of Clinical Psychology, Kagoshima University, 1-21-30 Korimoto, Kagoshima, 890-0065, Japan

    Atsushi Toki

  5. Fukui Prefectural Rehabilitation Center for Children with Disabilities, 2-8-1 Yotsui, Fukui, 910-0846, Japan

    Tsunehisa Sakajiri

  6. Department of Psychiatry, Osaka National Hospital, 2-1-14 Houenzaka, Chuoku, Osaka, 540-0006, Japan

    Hideto Hirotsune

  7. Department of Child Psychiatry, Shikoku Medical Center for Children and Adults, 2-1-1 Senyuu-cyo, Zentsuji City, Kagawa, 765-8507, Japan

    Yoshihiro Nakadoi

  8. Tokyo Metropolitan Children’s Medical Center, 2-8-29 Musashidai, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, 183-8561, Japan

    Satoshi Tanaka

  9. Shirayuri College, 1-25 Midorigaoka, Chofu-shi, Tokyo, 182-0001, Japan

    Kazumasa Kimura

  10. Hyogo Prefectural Kofu Hospital, 3 Noborio, Kamiranigami Yamada-cho, Kita-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, 651-1242, Japan

    Kiwamu Tanaka

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T. Sakajiri, H. Hirotsune, Y. Nakadoi, S. Tanaka, K. Kimura, and K. Tanaka are part of the Ethics Committee of Japanese Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

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Ijichi, S., Ijichi, N., Ishida, A. et al. Ethical fallacies, tricky ambiguities, and the misinterpretation of the outcomes in the cranioplasty for mild trigonocephaly. Childs Nerv Syst 31, 1009–1012 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-015-2714-6

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