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Letter to the editor of Acta Neurochirurgica: Blind men and the elephant—comment on “The dentato-rubro-thalamic tract as the potential common deep brain stimulation target for tremor of various origin: an observational case series”

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Queen’s Hospital, Romford, London, RM7 0AG, UK

    Hu Liang Low

  2. School of Health Sport and Biosciences, University of East London, Stratford, London, E15 4LZ, UK

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Low, H.L., Turner, D.L. Letter to the editor of Acta Neurochirurgica: Blind men and the elephant—comment on “The dentato-rubro-thalamic tract as the potential common deep brain stimulation target for tremor of various origin: an observational case series”. Acta Neurochir 162, 1867–1868 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00701-020-04347-0

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