A Case of Occipital Neuralgia in the Greater and Lesser Occipital Nerves Treated with Neurectomy by Using Transcranial Doppler Sonography: Technical Aspects |
Jung, Sang-Jin
(Department of Neurosurgery, Wonkwang University School of Medicine)
Moon, Seong-Keun (Department of Neurosurgery, Wonkwang University School of Medicine) Kim, Tae-Young (Department of Neurosurgery, Wonkwang University School of Medicine) Eom, Ki-Seong (Department of Neurosurgery, Wonkwang University School of Medicine) |
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