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01-02-2015 | Letter to the editor - History of Neurosurgery

Report of a successful human trepanation from the Dark Ages of neurosurgery in Europe

Authors: Marc Zanello, Morgane Decofour, Robert Corns, Johan Pallud, Philippe Charlier

Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica | Issue 2/2015

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Title: Report of a successful human trepanation from the Dark Ages of neurosurgery in Europe
Authors: Marc Zanello
Morgane Decofour
Robert Corns
Johan Pallud
Philippe Charlier
Publication date: 01-02-2015
Publisher: Springer Vienna
Published in: Acta Neurochirurgica / Issue 2/2015
Print ISSN: 0001-6268
Electronic ISSN: 0942-0940
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-014-2239-x

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