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Intraoperative electrical stimulation of the cortex reveals the speech area missed by extraoperative stimulation because of epicortical hematoma

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  1. Epilepsy Center, Department of Neurology, University of Munich, Marchioninistr.15, 81337, Munich, Germany

    Baburhan Guldiken, Christian Vollmar & Soheyl Noachtar

  2. Department of Neurology, Trakya University Medical Faculty, Edirne, Turkey

    Baburhan Guldiken

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

    Aurelia Peraud

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Guldiken, B., Vollmar, C., Peraud, A. et al. Intraoperative electrical stimulation of the cortex reveals the speech area missed by extraoperative stimulation because of epicortical hematoma. Acta Neurochir 157, 1585–1586 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-015-2517-2

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