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Letter to the editor: aberrant nerve arising from the hypoglossal nerve innervating sternomastoid: a further case found during routine neck dissection

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  1. Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY, UK

    Peter A. Brennan

  2. Department of Anatomy, King’s College London, London, SE1 1UL, UK

    Susan Standring

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Brennan, P.A., Standring, S. Letter to the editor: aberrant nerve arising from the hypoglossal nerve innervating sternomastoid: a further case found during routine neck dissection. Surg Radiol Anat 39, 349–350 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00276-016-1737-3

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