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Endoscopic endonasal resection of a medullary cavernoma: a novel case

Puya AlikhaniDepartment of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA; Correspondence[email protected]
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Sananthan SivakanthanDepartment of Neurosurgery, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7154-3270
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Ramsey AshourDepartment of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA;
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Mark TaborDepartment of Otolaryngology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
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Harry van LoverenDepartment of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA;
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Siviero AgazziDepartment of Neurosurgery and Brain Repair, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA;
Pages 690-692 | Received 09 Nov 2017, Accepted 18 Nov 2017, Published online: 30 Nov 2017

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