One man's recollection of 50 years of functional and stereotactic neurosurgery

Neurosurgery

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 968-976

  Tasker, Ronald R ^a,b   Gildenberg, Philip L ^c   Goodrich, James T ^c   Burchiel, Kim J ^c   Lozano, Andres M ^c   Kelly, Patrick J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Functional and stereotactic neurosurgery; Movement disorders

Indexed keywords

CAREER; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MEMORY; NEUROSCIENCE; NEUROSURGERY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL TRAINING;

HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY; PORTRAITS; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 4744357462     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000137276.54894.30     Document Type: Review

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