Surgical treatment of craniopharyngiomas: experience with 168 patients.

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Published in J Neurosurg on February 01, 1999

Authors

R Fahlbusch1, J Honegger, W Paulus, W Huk, M Buchfelder

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.

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