Can Recurrence of Chronic Subdural Hematoma Be Predicted?

J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2014; 75(05): 407
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1358613

Letter to the Editor

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Miguel Gelabert-Gonzalez

¹Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery), University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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Eduardo Aran-Echabe

¹Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery), University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

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