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Stereotactic biopsies of brainstem lesions: dilemma on the best trajectory

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, APHP - Sorbonne University, La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, , 47–83, Boulevard de L’Hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France

    Bertrand Mathon, Henri Malaizé & Aymeric Amelot

  2. INSERM U 1127, CNRS UMR 7225, Sorbonne University, Paris Brain Institute, ICM, Paris, France

    Bertrand Mathon

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Bretonneau Hospital, Tours, France

    Aymeric Amelot

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Mathon, B., Malaizé, H., Amelot, A. et al. Stereotactic biopsies of brainstem lesions: dilemma on the best trajectory. Acta Neurochir 164, 745–746 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-021-04924-x

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