Letter: Evaluation and Surgical Treatment of Functional Neurosurgery Patients With Implanted Deep Brain Stimulation and Vagus Nerve Stimulation Pulse Generators During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Overview

Journal Neurosurgery

Specialty Neurosurgery

Date 2020 May 8

PMID 32379319

Citations 6

Authors

Robert E Gross

Cathrin M Buetefisch

Svjetlana Miocinovic

Katie L Bullinger

Michael S Okun

Jill L Ostrem

Kelly D Foote

Phillip A Starr

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