Law and ethics of deep brain stimulation
✍ Scribed by Björn Schmitz-Luhn; Christian Katzenmeier; Christiane Woopen
- Book ID
- 113651527
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 210 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0160-2527
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