EFFECTS OF STEREOTAXIC THALAMOTOMY TO INTRACTABLE PAIN AND NUMBNESS
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عنوان ژورنال: The Keio Journal of Medicine
سال: 1966
ISSN: 1880-1293,0022-9717
DOI: 10.2302/kjm.15.191