Microvascular Decompression to Treat Hemifacial Spasm: Long-term Results for a Consecutive Series of 143 Patients

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  Neurosurgery

• Publication date

  2002-04-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1097/00006123-200204000-00005PMID 11904020
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