BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 89-96 , April 2008

Treatment of chronic neuropathic pain by motor cortex stimulation: Results of a bicentric controlled crossover trial

  • Jean-Paul Nguyen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France
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  • Francisco Velasco, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Mexico, and Department of Medical Research in Neurophysiology, National Medical Center, Mexico City, Mexico
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  • Pierre Brugières, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Neuroradiologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France
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  • Marcos Velasco, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Mexico, and Department of Medical Research in Neurophysiology, National Medical Center, Mexico City, Mexico
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  • Yves Keravel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France
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  • Bernardo Boleaga, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Clinica Londres, Mexico City, Mexico
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  • Francisco Brito, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, General Hospital of Mexico, and Department of Medical Research in Neurophysiology, National Medical Center, Mexico City, Mexico
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  • Jean-Pascal Lefaucheur, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Physiologie-Explorations Fonctionnelles, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Créteil, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to: Prof. Jean-Pascal Lefaucheur, Prof. Jean-Paul Nguyen, Service de Physiologie, Service de Neurochirurgie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 51 avenue de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010 Créteil, France.

Received 17 February 2008 ,Accepted 3 March 2008.

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PII: S1935-861X(08)00011-9

doi: 10.1016/j.brs.2008.03.007

BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 89-96 , April 2008

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