Effects of two unilateral cordotomies on the motility of the lower limbs

Brain

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 1973, Pages 471-494

  Nathan, P W ^a   Smith, Marion C ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORDOTOMY; LEG MOVEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SPINAL CORD;

BLADDER NEOPLASMS; CERVIX NEOPLASMS; CORDOTOMY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATERALITY; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; PAIN, INTRACTABLE; PARALYSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0015848835     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/96.3.471     Document Type: Article

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