Transthoracic Antero-lateral Approach for the Thoracic Disc Disease
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عنوان ژورنال: Japanese Journal of Neurosurgery
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0917-950X,2187-3100
DOI: 10.7887/jcns.15.444