Vol 55, No 6 (2021)
Letter to the Editors
Published online: 2021-09-17
Deep brain stimulation procedure complicated by intracerebral infection of DBS lead due to outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic
Abstract
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Keywords: deep brain stimulationCOVID-19intracerebral infectioncoronavirus
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