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  1. Department of Primary Education, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

    Chrysanthi Lioupi

  2. School of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Greece

    Nikolaos Ch. Syrmos, Matteo Lioupis & Vaitsa Giannouli

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Lioupi, C., Syrmos, N.C., Lioupis, M. et al. Preoperative anxiety in children undergoing neurosurgical operations and proposed effective interventions. Childs Nerv Syst 34, 197–198 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-017-3703-8

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