Multiple cranial nerve palsies following radiofrequency rhizotomy for trigeminal neuralgia
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عنوان ژورنال: Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery
سال: 2020
ISSN: 2214-7519
DOI: 10.1016/j.inat.2019.100605