OPEN MESENCEPHALOTOMY AND THALAMOTOMY FOR INTRACTABLE PAIN

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

سال: 1969

ISSN: 0022-3050

DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.32.6.637-a