Bilateral Destruction of Gasserian Ganglia by Alcohol Injection for Chronic Trigeminal Neuralgia
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 1920
ISSN: 0035-9157
DOI: 10.1177/003591572001300230