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01-11-2017 | Letter to the editor - Editorial

Petrobasilar, petroclival or petrosphenoidal canal of the abducens nerve

Authors: Mustafa Ogden, Mehmet Faik Ozveren, Selim Kayacı

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 11/2017

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Title: Petrobasilar, petroclival or petrosphenoidal canal of the abducens nerve
Authors: Mustafa Ogden
Mehmet Faik Ozveren
Selim Kayacı
Publication date: 01-11-2017
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 11/2017
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-017-3324-8

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