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Small cerebellopontine angle cisterns in patients with trigeminal neuralgia

JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY (2010)

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JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY

Volume 112, Issue 4, Pages 900-901

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AMER ASSOC NEUROLOGICAL SURGEONS

DOI: 10.3171/2009.10.JNS091517

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