A piece of wire into the brain

Andreas Zigouris; Nikolaos Konsolakis; George Alexiou; Spyridon Voulgaris

doi:10.4103/ajns.AJNS_46_17

Asian Journal of Neurosurgery, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Asian J Neurosurg 2019; 14(01): 333
DOI: 10.4103/ajns.AJNS_46_17

Letter to Editor

A piece of wire into the brain

Authors

Andreas Zigouris

Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina
Nikolaos Konsolakis

Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina
George Alexiou

Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina
Spyridon Voulgaris

Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina

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