Safety checklist for gamma knife radiosurgery

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2019; 14(04): 1308-1311
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_237_19

Letter to Editor

Nishanth Sadashiva

⁰Department of Neurosurgery, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, Karnataka

,

Manjul Tripathi

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh

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