Effects of intrathecal baclofen therapy on CSF neurotransmitter metabolite levels

Konstantinos Margetis1, Manolis Markianos, Stylianos Gatzonis

  • 11st Department of Neurosurgery Athens University Medical School Evangelismos Hospital Athens, Greece konstantinmarg@yahoo.com Department of Neurology Athens University Medical School Eginition Hospital Athens, Greece 1st Department of Neurosurgery Athens University Medical School Evangelismos Hospital Athens, Greece 1st Department of Neurosurgery Athens University Medical School Evangelismos Hospital and Hellenic Center for Neurosurgical Research "Professor Petros S. Kokkalis" Athens, Greece 1st Department of Neurosurgery Athens University Medical School Evangelismos Hospital Athens, Greece.

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