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Shnyakin P.G.

Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University;
Regional Clinical Hospital

Rudenko P.G.

Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University;
Krasnoyarsk Regional Clinical Hospital

Fedorchenko M.A.

Regional Clinical Hospital

Litvinyuk N.V.

Professor V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University;
Regional Clinical Hospital

Rzayev D.A.

Federal Center for Neurosurgery

Sosnov A.O.

Federal Neurosurgery Center

Gavrilova A.O.

Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University

Mycotic pseudoaneurysm of internal carotid artery in chronic fungal infection

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Shnyakin P.G., Rudenko P.G., Fedorchenko M.A., Litvinyuk N.V., Rzayev D.A., Sosnov A.O., Gavrilova A.O.

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Shnyakin PG, Rudenko PG, Fedorchenko MA, Litvinyuk NV, Rzayev DA, Sosnov AO, Gavrilova AO. Mycotic pseudoaneurysm of internal carotid artery in chronic fungal infection. S.S. Korsakov Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry. 2025;125(9):151‑156. (In Russ.)
https://doi.org/10.17116/jnevro2025125091151

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