Further Studies on the Stereotaxic Thalamotomy for Pain Relief
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عنوان ژورنال: The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine
سال: 1970
ISSN: 0040-8727,1349-3329
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.102.225