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Congenital Bifurcation of the Intratemporal Facial Nerve

Christine M. Glastonbury, Nancy J. Fischbein, H. Ric Harnsberger, William P. Dillon and Thomas R. Kertesz
American Journal of Neuroradiology August 2003, 24 (7) 1334-1337;
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