Impact of Navigable Ultrasound: How Much Credit Should We Give to the “Navigable” Component?

J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2015; 76(02): 177-178
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1394192

Letter to the Editor

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Aliasgar Moiyadi

¹Department of Neurosurgery, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India

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