The surgical treatment of chronic pain: Destructive therapies in the spinal cord

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 307-317

  Kanpolat, Yucel ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORDOTOMY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD SURGERY; SPINOTHALAMIC TRACT; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 3042717896     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nec.2004.02.013     Document Type: Review

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