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Facial nerve schwannoma.

Livio L Presutti, Alberto A Grammatica, Matteo M Alicandri-Ciufelli, Daniele D Marchioni, and Elio Maria EM Cunsolo

Otol Neurotol 30(5):683-5 (2009) PMID 19628999

DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31818d1b74
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