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By definition, all children with myelodysplasia have some form of spinal abnormality at birth, and most will develop some degree of spinal deformity by 10 years of age.

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Karlin, L.I. (2011). Myelodysplasia. In: Akbarnia, B.A., Yazici, M., Thompson, G.H. (eds) The Growing Spine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85207-0_20

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