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. 1958 Nov;21(4):249–261. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.21.4.249

LEUCOTOMY FOR PAIN

Alick Elithorn 1,2, Eric Glithero 1,2, Eliot Slater 1,2
PMCID: PMC497327  PMID: 13611566

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