The Reconstructive Neurosurgery of Spinal Cord Injury

Restorative Neurology of Spinal Cord Injury

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Brown, Justin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional augmentation; Functional neurosurgery; Nerve transfer; Reconstructive neurosurgery; Spasticity reduction; Tendon transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860251949     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199746507.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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