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Multibranch anastomotic variant of the Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve: possible implications in neurosurgical practice

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  1. Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece

    George K. Paraskevas, Konstantinos Natsis & Maria Tzika

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Hippokration General Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Parmenion P. Tsitsopoulos

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Paraskevas, G.K., Natsis, K., Tzika, M. et al. Multibranch anastomotic variant of the Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve: possible implications in neurosurgical practice. Acta Neurochir 155, 1151–1152 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-013-1721-1

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