Stereotactic treatment of central pain

Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

Volumn 70, Issue 2-4, 1998, Pages 71-76

  Ohye, Chihiro ^a,b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hidaka Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intractable pain; Neurophysiology; Stereotactic surgery; Surgical treatment; Thalamus

Indexed keywords

CINGULATE GYRUS; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; INSULA; INTRACTABLE PAIN; NOCICEPTION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031740536     PISSN: 10116125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000029600     Document Type: Conference Paper

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