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Acta Neurochirurgica

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01-12-2011 | Letter to the editor

Bilateral primary optic nerve sheath meningiomas with pneumosinus dilatans

Authors: Anup Nair, Sanjay Behari, Manoj Jain, Awadhesh K. Jaiswal

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 12/2011

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Title: Bilateral primary optic nerve sheath meningiomas with pneumosinus dilatans
Authors: Anup Nair
Sanjay Behari
Manoj Jain
Awadhesh K. Jaiswal
Publication date: 01-12-2011
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 12/2011
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-011-1140-0

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