Traumatic epilepsy, aphasia, and paralysis of six years’ duration, treated by trephining: Recovery
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عنوان ژورنال: Transactions of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland
سال: 1892
ISSN: 0790-2352
DOI: 10.1007/bf03171198