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Epidural skull base approach for dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVF) of the anterior and middle cranial fossa

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  1. Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neuroscience and Rehabilitation, S. Anna University-Hospital, Ferrara, Italy

    Francesco Latini

  2. Arkansas Neuroscience Institute, St Vincent’s Infirmary, Little Rock, AR, USA

    Francesco Latini, Jaafar Basma, Mats Ryttlefors & Ali Fadl Krisht

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden

    Mats Ryttlefors

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Latini, F., Basma, J., Ryttlefors, M. et al. Epidural skull base approach for dural arteriovenous fistulas (DAVF) of the anterior and middle cranial fossa. Acta Neurochir 156, 93–95 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-013-1937-0

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