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Although many neurological conditions are rare even in neuroanesthetic practice, they have important implications for the conduct of anesthesia. This chapter concentrates on some of the more commonly encountered “rare” diseases (Table 11.1).
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Hirsch, N., Reddy, U. (2020). Rare Neurologic Disorders and Neuromuscular Diseases: Risk Assessment and Perioperative Management. In: Brambrink, A., Kirsch, J. (eds) Essentials of Neurosurgical Anesthesia & Critical Care. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17410-1_11
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