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. 2020 Oct 9:371:m3690.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.m3690.

Improving brain health by identifying structure-function relations in patients with neurosurgical disorders

Liwei Zhang  1   2   3   4 , Deling Li  1   2   3   4 , Dan Xiao  1   2 , William T Couldwell  5 , Kenji Ohata  6
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Improving brain health by identifying structure-function relations in patients with neurosurgical disorders

Liwei Zhang et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Use of new technology to map which parts of the brain control different functions is leading to better treatment of patients with neurosurgical disorders, say Liwei Zhang and colleagues

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: We have read and understood BMJ policy on declaration of interests and declare that this study was supported by the grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81971668) and Beijing Medical Research (2018-7).

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