Modern psychosurgery before Egas Moniz: A tribute to Gottlieb Burckhardt

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Manjila, Sunil ^a   Rengachary, Setti ^a,b   Xavier, Andrew R ^a   Parker, Brandon ^a   Guthikonda, Murali ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burckhardt; Moniz; Prefargier; Psychosurgery; Topectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEER REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PSYCHOSURGERY; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; BRAIN DISEASES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PEER REVIEW; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52049104051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/FOC/2008/25/7/E9     Document Type: Article

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