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Trigeminocardiac reflex and ipsilateral mydriasis during stereotactic brain tumor biopsy: an insight into the anatomical and physiological pathways involved

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We gratefully thank professor Bernhard Schaller for his help in the preparation of this manuscript.

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  1. 1st Neurosurgical Department, AHEPA University Hospital, St. Kyriakidi 1, 54636, Thessaloniki, Greece

    Pantelis Stavrinou, Nikolaos Foroglou, Ioannis Patsalas & Panagiotis Selviaridis

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Stavrinou, P., Foroglou, N., Patsalas, I. et al. Trigeminocardiac reflex and ipsilateral mydriasis during stereotactic brain tumor biopsy: an insight into the anatomical and physiological pathways involved. Acta Neurochir 152, 727–728 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-009-0509-9

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