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01-03-2014 | Letter to the editor - Neurosurgical Techniques

Letter to the editor: Hydrocephalus as a cause of chorea in a patient with aqueductal stenosis

Authors: Roser Garcia-Armengol, Salvador Colet, Pilar Teixidor, Jordi Rimbau

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 3/2014

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Title: Letter to the editor: Hydrocephalus as a cause of chorea in a patient with aqueductal stenosis
Authors: Roser Garcia-Armengol
Salvador Colet
Pilar Teixidor
Jordi Rimbau
Publication date: 01-03-2014
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 3/2014
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-013-1943-2

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