Urodynamic observations on patients with sacral anterior root stimulators
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Extradural implantation of sacral anterior root stimulators.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Spinal Cord
سال: 1984
ISSN: 1362-4393,1476-5624
DOI: 10.1038/sc.1984.35