Neurosurgery certification in member societies of the WFNS: global overview.

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Published in World Neurosurg on October 11, 2011

Authors

Jaime Gasco1, Sean M Barber, Ian E McCutcheon, Peter M Black

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Neurological Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, USA. jagascot@utmb.edu

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