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. 1969 Jan;45(519):1–13. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.45.519.1

Stereotactic surgery for the relief of suicidal and severe depression and intractable psychoneurosis.

G Knight
PMCID: PMC2466737  PMID: 4892936

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