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Issues in neurosurgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

John Garfield*
Affiliation:
Consultant Neurosurgeon, Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital, UK
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John Garfield, Consultant Neurosurgeon, Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, UK.

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Clinical geriatrics
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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