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Bilateral sixth cranial nerve palsy following lumboperitoneal shunt

Ibrahim A. Alhalal, Hashem T. Al-Salman and Abdulrahman H. Al Anazi
Neurosciences Journal July 2022, 27 (3) 187-190; DOI: https://doi.org/10.17712/nsj.2022.3.20210140
Ibrahim A. Alhalal
From the Department of Neurosurgery (Alhalal), Qatif Central Hospital, Qatif, Department of Neurosurgery (Al-Salman), King Fahad Hospital Hofuf, AlAhssa, Department of Neurosurgery (AlAnazi), Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Hashem T. Al-Salman
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