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Spinal Cord Stimulation: An Alternative Concept of Rehabilitation?

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Trends in Reconstructive Neurosurgery

Part of the book series: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement ((NEUROCHIRURGICA,volume 124))

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  1. Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neurosciences, School of Medicine, Neurosurgical Clinic, University of Palermo, Via del Vespro 129, Palermo, 90100, Italy

    Antonella Giugno MD, Carlo Gulì MD, Luigi Basile MD, Francesca Graziano MD, Rosario Maugeri MD, PhD & Domenico Gerardo Iacopino MD, PhD

  2. Institute of Neurosurgery, Medical School, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Massimiliano Visocchi MD, PhD

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  1. Institute of Neurosurgery Medical School, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Massimiliano Visocchi

  2. Dept. of Neurosurgery, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    H. Maximilian Mehdorn

  3. Department of Neurological Surgery, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoichi Katayama

  4. Medical Faculty University of MĂĽnster, MĂĽnster, Germany

    Klaus R. H. von Wild

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Giugno, A. et al. (2017). Spinal Cord Stimulation: An Alternative Concept of Rehabilitation?. In: Visocchi, M., Mehdorn, H.M., Katayama, Y., von Wild, K.R.H. (eds) Trends in Reconstructive Neurosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement, vol 124. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39546-3_3

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