Functional independence of one- to four-year-old children with myelomeningocele

Corresponding address: Mariana Callil Voos – Universidade Ibirapuera – Interlagos Avenue, 1329 – São Paulo (SP), Brazil – Zip Code: 04661100 – E-mail: ftmarivoos@gmail.com – Financing source: Nothing to declare – Conflict of interests: Nothing to declare – Presentation: Sept. 16th, 2017 – Accepted for publication: Mar. 4th, 2018 – Approved by the Ethics Committee of Universidade Santa Cecília under protocol no 13555913.7.0000.5513. Functional independence of oneto four-year-old children with myelomeningocele Independência funcional de crianças de um a quatro anos com mielomeningocele Independencia funcional de niños de un a cuatro años con mielomeningocele Fabiane Ramos Ferreira1, Fernanda Pinheiro Bexiga2, Vivian Vargas de Moraes Martins3, Francis Meire Favero4, Cristina Dallemole Sartor4, Mariana Cunha Artilheiro4, Mariana Callil Voos4

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