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Case Reports

. 2009;61(5):318.

doi: 10.1159/000206825. Epub 2009 Feb 28.

'Bubbles in the brain': retrograde venous air embolism in the cavernous sinus

Philipp Zickler¹, Hans-Peter Hartung, Hendrik Janssen

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PMID: 19252408
DOI: 10.1159/000206825

Case Reports

'Bubbles in the brain': retrograde venous air embolism in the cavernous sinus

Philipp Zickler et al. Eur Neurol. 2009.

. 2009;61(5):318.

doi: 10.1159/000206825. Epub 2009 Feb 28.

Authors

Philipp Zickler¹, Hans-Peter Hartung, Hendrik Janssen

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf, Germany. philipp.zickler@uni-duesseldorf.de

PMID: 19252408
DOI: 10.1159/000206825

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