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Diverse sensory functions with an almost totally divided spinal cord. A case of spinal cord transection with preservation of part of one anterolateral quadrant

  • W. Noordenbos

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Wilhelmina Gasthuis, Amsterdam The Netherlands
    • Department of Anatomy, University College London, London Great Britain
    • ,
  • P.D. Wall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital, Wilhelmina Gasthuis, Amsterdam The Netherlands
    • Department of Anatomy, University College London, London Great Britain

,Accepted 23 March 1976.

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