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Trauma, infection and tumours are the major causes of cranial nerve deficits. Tumours can be divided in those of the nerves themselves and tumours of the surrounding tissues. Therapies can be surgical as well as non-surgical. Details concerning these therapies are presented in the chapters dealing with these pathologies.
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Mooij, J. (2010). Cranial Nerve Deficits. In: Lumenta, C., Di Rocco, C., Haase, J., Mooij, J. (eds) Neurosurgery. European Manual of Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79565-0_25
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