Stereotactic Surgery at McGill: The Early Years

Neurosurgery

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1244-1252

  Bertrand, Gilles ^a   Kelly, Patrick J ^b   Burchiel, Kim J ^b   Goodrich, James T ^b   Gildenberg, Philip L ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Canada; History; Stereotactic surgery

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CEREBROVASCULAR SURGERY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MICROELECTRODE; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 2342538992     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000119577.21740.89     Document Type: Review

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