Dorsal column stimulation improves awareness in persistent vegetative state patients
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Correspondence: Prof. Tetsuo Kanno, Department of Neurosurgery, Fujita Health University, 1-98, Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan. Progress in Neuroscience 2015; 3 (1-4): 97-103. ISSN: 2240-5127 doi: 10.14588/PiN.2015.Kanno.97 Copyright © 2015 by new Magazine edizioni s.r.l., via dei Mille 69, 38122 Trento, Italy.All rights reserved.www.progressneuroscience.com INTRODUCTION
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