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Successful use of nerve-block therapy with 12% tetracaine for trigeminal neuralgia caused by arteriovenous malformation

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  1. Department of Anesthesiology, Rumoi City Hospital, 1-choume, Kotobukichou, 077, Rumoi, Hokkaido, Japan

    Susumu Tamakawa, Junko Tsujimoto & Akemi Iharada

  2. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Asahikawa Medical College, 4-5-3-11, Nishikagura, 078, Asahikawa, Japan

    Yoshikatsu Iwanami & Hidemichi Ogawa

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Tamakawa, S., Iwanami, Y., Tsujimoto, J. et al. Successful use of nerve-block therapy with 12% tetracaine for trigeminal neuralgia caused by arteriovenous malformation. J Anesth 12, 49 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02480768

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