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• Predictors of outcome in surgically managed patients with typical and atypical trigeminal neuralgia: comparison of results following microvascular decompression.

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• Chordoma of the skull base: predictors of tumor recurrence.

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• Independent predictors of recurrence of chronic subdural hematoma: results of multivariate analysis performed using a logistic regression model.

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• Cocaine use as a predictor of outcome in aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

  Howington JU, Kutz SC, Wilding GE, Awasthi D. Howington JU, et al. J Neurosurg. 2003 Aug;99(2):271-5. doi: 10.3171/jns.2003.99.2.0271. J Neurosurg. 2003. PMID: 12924699
• Prediction of coronary artery disease in patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy.

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