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Endoscopic transsphenoidal approach to skull base lesions

A clinical prospective study

Moneer K. Faraj and Wissam J. Sagban
Neurosciences Journal January 2018, 23 (1) 35-38; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2018.1.20170229
Moneer K. Faraj
From the College of Medicine (Faraj), Baghdad University, and from Department of Neurosurgery (Sagban), Neurosciences Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
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Wissam J. Sagban
From the College of Medicine (Faraj), Baghdad University, and from Department of Neurosurgery (Sagban), Neurosciences Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq
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