NANS Training Requirements for Spinal Cord Stimulation Devices: Selection, Implantation, and Follow-up.
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*Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; †Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA; ‡Bedder Medicine Consulting, Poulsbo, WA, USA; §Departments of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA; ¶Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; ††Pain Clinic of Monterey Bay, Aptos, CA, USA; ‡‡LifeBridge Health Brain & Spine Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA; and §§Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society
دوره 12 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2009