Long Term Outcomes of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Typical Trigeminal Neuralgia-Minimum 5-Year Follow-Up
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Lee, Jong-Kwon
(Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University)
Choi, Hyuk-Jai (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University) Ko, Hak-Cheol (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University) Choi, Seok-Keun (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University) Lim, Young-Jin (Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University) |
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