Intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring during surgery for intramedullary spinal cord tumors

Handbook of Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 8, Issue C, 2008, Pages 632-650

  Sala, Francesco ^a   Kothbauer, Karl F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Division of Neurosurgery   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77957807659     PISSN: 15674231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1567-4231(07)08045-8     Document Type: Review

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