Surgical Neurology
Volume 68, Issue 6 , Pages 587-593 , December 2007

Snapshot of the World—9/2007

Received 3 October 2007 ,Accepted 3 October 2007.

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PII: S0090-3019(07)01190-1

doi: 10.1016/j.surneu.2007.10.005

Surgical Neurology
Volume 68, Issue 6 , Pages 587-593 , December 2007