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What does intraoperative monitoring of motor evoked potentials bring to the neurosurgeon?

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Deletis, V. What does intraoperative monitoring of motor evoked potentials bring to the neurosurgeon?. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 147, 1015–1017 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-005-0573-8

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