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Trashin A.V.

Otdelenie neĭrokhirurgii Gorodskoĭ mnogoprofil'noĭ bol'nitsy #2, Sankt-Peterburg

Shulev Iu.A.

Gorodskaia mnogoprofil'naia bol'nitsa #2, Sankt-Peterburg;
Kafedra neĭrokhirurgii Sankt-Peterburgskoĭ gosudarstvennoĭ akademii im. I.I. Mechnikova

Gordienko K.S.

City Multifield Hospital №2, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Hemifacial spasm

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Trashin A.V., Shulev Iu.A., Gordienko K.S.

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Journal: S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2010;110(5): 110‑116

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HEMIFACIAL SPASM
HEMIFACIAL SPASM

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Trashin AV, Shulev IuA, Gordienko KS. Hemifacial spasm. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2010;110(5):110‑116. (In Russ.)

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hemifacial spasm
neurovascular conflict
microvascular compression
microvascular decompression
botulotoxinum

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Trashin A.V.

Otdelenie neĭrokhirurgii Gorodskoĭ mnogoprofil'noĭ bol'nitsy #2, Sankt-Peterburg

Shulev Iu.A.

Gorodskaia mnogoprofil'naia bol'nitsa #2, Sankt-Peterburg;
Kafedra neĭrokhirurgii Sankt-Peterburgskoĭ gosudarstvennoĭ akademii im. I.I. Mechnikova

Gordienko K.S.

City Multifield Hospital №2, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

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