Surgical Neurology
Volume 71, Issue 1 , Pages 5-10 , January 2009

Implications of neuroplasticity for neurosurgeons

  • Maxwell Boakye, MD, FACS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationDepartment of Neurosurgery, Stanford University Medical Center/Palo Alto VA, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA. Tel.: +1650 493 5000, 64313; fax: +1 650 849 1265.

Received 10 September 2008 ,Accepted 10 September 2008.

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