Whither lesional surgery for movement disorders

Neurology India

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-243

  Rajshekhar, Vedantam ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PALLIDOTOMY; THALAMOTOMY;

EID: 33748426508     PISSN: 00283886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.27139     Document Type: Editorial

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