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Transient asystole during endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery: an example of trigeminocardiac reflex

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  1. Departments of Neurosurgery, University of Paris, Paris, France

    Bernhard Schaller & Nora Sandu

  2. Centro “Lino Rossi” Research Center for the Study and Prevention of the Unexpected Perinatal Death and SIDS, Institute of Pediatrics and Neonatology, University of Milano, Milan, Italy

    Giulia Ottoviani

  3. Erlangen, Germany

    Andreas Filis, Christoph Noethen & Michael Buchfelder

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Schaller, B., Sandu, N., Ottoviani, G. et al. Transient asystole during endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery: an example of trigeminocardiac reflex. Pituitary 12, 271–272 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11102-008-0132-4

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