A man for all seasons: W.W. Keen

Neurosurgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 181-190

  Rovit, Richard L ^a   Couldwell, William T ^b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Harvey Cushing; History of neurosurgery; Silas Weir Mitchell; William Williams Keen

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TUMOR; CAUSALGIA; COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME TYPE I; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SPASMODIC TORTICOLLIS; SURGEON; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; ART; ARTICLE; HISTORY; NEUROSURGERY; UNITED STATES;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY; PORTRAITS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036363515     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200201000-00027     Document Type: Review

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