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Chiari malformation presenting with pseudotumor cerebri: what is the best treatment?

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  1. Department of Neurology, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Firuze Delen & Canan Togay Işıkay

  2. Department of Neurosurgery, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

    Hasan Çağlar Uğur

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Delen, F., Togay Işıkay, C. & Uğur, H.Ç. Chiari malformation presenting with pseudotumor cerebri: what is the best treatment?. Acta Neurol Belg 112, 389–392 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13760-012-0066-5

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