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01-07-2017 | Letter to the Editor

Outcome following surgical treatment of chronic subdural hematoma in the oldest-old population

Authors: Christopher Munoz-Bendix, Hans-Jakob Steiger, Marcel Alexander Kamp

Published in: Neurosurgical Review | Issue 3/2017

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Title: Outcome following surgical treatment of chronic subdural hematoma in the oldest-old population
Authors: Christopher Munoz-Bendix
Hans-Jakob Steiger
Marcel Alexander Kamp
Publication date: 01-07-2017
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Neurosurgical Review / Issue 3/2017
Print ISSN: 0344-5607
Electronic ISSN: 1437-2320
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10143-017-0853-9

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