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Original

Some patients with multiple sclerosis have neurovascular compression causing their trigeminal neuralgia and can be treated effectively with MVD: Report of five cases

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Pages 463-468 | Received 08 Feb 2005, Accepted 31 Oct 2005, Published online: 06 Jul 2009

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