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Hemidiaphragmatic paralysis with recurrent lung infections due to degenerative motor root compression of C3 and C4

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We would like to thank Patricia Bernasconi, M.D., of the Department of Anaesthesiology, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany and Weber Michael, M.D., pneumonologist of Starnberg, Germany

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany

    Carolin Weiss, Thomas Witt & Joerg-Christian Tonn

  2. Department of General Neurosurgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

    Carolin Weiss & Stefan Grau

  3. Allgemeine Neurochirurgie, Uniklinik Koeln, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937, Cologne, Germany

    Carolin Weiss

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Weiss, C., Witt, T., Grau, S. et al. Hemidiaphragmatic paralysis with recurrent lung infections due to degenerative motor root compression of C3 and C4. Acta Neurochir 153, 597–599 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-010-0880-6

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