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Endovascular Treatment of Infective Aneurysms of the Bilateral Cavernous Sinus

Case Report and Review of the Literature

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

    Bo-Ra Seo, Tae-Sun Kim MD & Sung-Pil Joo

  2. Department of Infectious Diseases, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea

    Sook-In Jung

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Chonnam National University Hospital, 8 Hak-dong, Dong-ku, Gwangju, 501-757, Republic of Korea

    Tae-Sun Kim MD

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Seo, BR., Kim, TS., Joo, SP. et al. Endovascular Treatment of Infective Aneurysms of the Bilateral Cavernous Sinus. Clin Neuroradiol 19, 162–165 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-009-8021-4

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