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Postoperative pseudoaneurysm of the superficial temporal artery
  1. G Y F Lee,
  2. R T Daniel,
  3. S Halcrow
  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Level 5, Theatre Block, North Terrace Adelaide, SA 5000, South Australia
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr R T Daniel, Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Level 5, Theatre Block, North Terrace Adelaide, SA 5000, South Australia

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.72.4.553

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